The Elementary Particles (2022)
- Original title
- Les Particules élémentaires
- Directed by
- Antoine Garceau
- Country
- France
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 11 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows two half brothers, showing their difficult childhood and their disconnected adult lives. It explores how their early experiences shaped who they become.
melancholicreflectiveslow-burnintrospectivebleakcontemplativeemotionalunderstated
What happens
The Elementary Particles (French: Les Particules élémentaires) is a 2021 French television drama film directed by Antoine Garceau for France 2. It is based on the novel Atomised by Michel Houellebecq and has a screenplay by Gilles Taurand. It stars Guillaume Gouix and Jean-Charles Clichet and tells the story of two half brothers, where the first half of the film is about their adolescence and the second is about them as adults. It premiered on 17 September 2021 at the Festival La Rochelle Cinéma, where it was shown out of competition as a two-part television film. It was changed into one film of 1 hour and 58 minutes before it was shown on France 2 on 31 January 2022. It had 2 million viewers, which was 10% of the viewership. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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