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The Elementary Particles

Elementarteilchen

6.1
148
Year
2006
Country
Germany
Genre
Drama, Romance
Director
Oskar Roehler
Writer
Michel Houellebecq
Oskar Roehler
Budget
6,000,000 $
Duration
1h 45min
Website

Description

Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles) focuses on Michael and Bruno, two very different half-brothers and their disturbed sexuality. After a chaotic childhood with a hippie mother only caring for her affairs, Michael, a molecular biologist, is more interested in genes than women, while Bruno is obsessed with his sexual desires, but mostly finds his satisfaction with prostitutes. But Bruno's life changes when he gets to know the experienced Christiane. In the meantime, Michael meets Annabelle, the love of his youth, again.