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Actors: Vanessa Paradis, Gérard Depardieu, Clotilde Courau, Florence Thomassin, Michel Bouquet, Philippe Léotard
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Élisa |
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ELISA is a French movie written and directed by Jean Becker in 1994.
After the suicide of her mother Elisa, the 5 years old Marie spent her childhood in a public orphanage. At the age of 17, she starts to run off in the company of Solange. Together, they manage to survive in Paris.
Marie has got only one idea in mind: to find her father Jacques Desmoulins whom she believes to have abandoned her mother and to be the cause of her suicide. After months of investigations, she finally discovers that Jacques lives in a little town on the Atlantic ocean. Marie buys a gun, says goodbye to Solange and heads to the coast. There, she has the opportunity to kill her father but she decides at the last moment to spare him in order to make him suffer the way he made her mother suffer. She carefully observes Jacques and tries to seduce him but Jacques is a desperate and embittered man whose life was ruined by Elisa's death.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Élisa |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- committing crimes
- runaways!
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Struggle with
- search for family/history
Parent(s) gone?
- Orphan story
Age group
- trouble in high school
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- wild
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- Full Frontal
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- musician
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- (man) muscular
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
City:
- Paris
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing full frontal--women
- sex under blankets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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