The Elementary Particles2006
The Elementary Particles (2006)
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Movie Info
Cast
as Bruno
as Michael
as Christiane
as Annabelle
as Jane
as Brunos Vater
as Dr. Schäfer
as Annabelles Mutter
as Young Bruno
as Yogini
as Professor Fleißer
as Sollers
as Annabelle's Mother
as Michael Jung
as Annabelles Vater
as Sister Clara
as Katja
as Young Annabelle
as Hannelore
as Johanna
as Walser
as Anne
as Jane's Lover
as Ellen
as Hubert
as Annabelle's Doctor
as Hospital Doctor
as Gravedrigger
as Teacher
as Italian
as Christoffersen
as Researcher
as Researcher
as Researcher
as Researcher
as Man On Housing Estate
as Old Hippe Woman
as Hammet
as Grandmother
as Ben
as Kate
as Kate's Lover
as Annabelle's Dancing Partner
as Swinger Club Waitress
as Swinger Club Barwoman
Critic Reviews for The Elementary Particles
All Critics (7) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (0) | DVD (2)
A depressing thinker of a film that also offers a little nostalgia to boot.
a hybrid of the morbid and the mordant, the decadent and the darkly delicious, which will not necessarily make you happy, but will certainly leave you satisfied.
Grim, funny, moving and thought-provoking, Roehler's film will find some people who will rank it as one of their films of the year and others who will say that he has ruined Houellebecq's book.
Beautifully shot and impressively acted, this is an evocative and frequently moving film, though it's often hard to engage with its unlikeable characters.
I want your (sanitized) sex -- and a happy ending.
Audience Reviews for The Elementary Particles
For some odd reason I am just hugely drawn to movies of this calibre. They intrigue me to no end, even though I may only know one actress who...is from one of my favourite philosophical movies. Of course, I'm talking about Franka Potente...aka the Lola in Run Lola Run....which is a blatant ploy to make you lot check that movie out as well! Regardless, as I watched this film it started out to be something I just wouldn't have expected it to be and I love the fact that it was in its original language with subtitles. I'd rather read than want to listen to some poorly dubbed version [ though most of the time one might want to question the translations ]. Back to the movie; it's a story about two half-brothers Michael and Bruno. When they were younger, their mother completely ignored them and didn't even let them find out about each other until well they were in early highschool at the latest. Both were left in care of their grandparents while she was into that 'hippy schieze' Bruno always complains about. Bruno seems to be an english teacher in highschool who has fallen out of love with his wife and fails time and time again to find someone else to fill that void. Although, after much searching she basically falls into his lap and then the real interesting stuff starts to happen. His returning to 'the clinic' is not uncommon and he is always invited back there with all the lithium he wants with basically open arms from the nurses and Dr Schafer. Michael is one of those really silent and extremely brilliant people who grows up to become molecular biologist who is still socially awkward after all those years. One day he leaves his work in Germany for a tenure and wants to return back to Ireland where he almost finished his other work. During this time he receives notice of his grandmother's grave having to be moved and coincidentally runs into his childhood sweetheart whose letters he had just read earlier. It's interesting how something so sad can become endearing and even funny at some parts. All the actors do a wonderful job fulfulling the roles of these characters that become so believable that we can't help but want to help them out in some way.
Super Reviewer
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