
Elle (2016) is a French psychological thriller directed by Paul Verhoeven. It stars Isabelle Huppert as Michèle, a successful businesswoman who is raped by an unknown assailant. The film follows Michèle as she attempts to identify her attacker and seek revenge.
The film contains several sexual moments that are integral to the story. One of the most powerful scenes is when Michèle is raped by her attacker. The scene is shot in a way that conveys the horror and brutality of the attack, while also showing Michèle's strength and resilience.
Another important sexual moment in the film is when Michèle has a consensual sexual encounter with her ex-husband Richard. The scene is shot in a way that conveys the intimacy and tenderness of the moment, while also showing the underlying tension between the two characters.
The film also contains several other sexual moments, such as when Michèle has a brief sexual encounter with her neighbor Patrick, and when she has a sexual fantasy about her attacker. These moments are important in showing Michèle's inner turmoil and her attempts to process her trauma.
Overall, Elle (2016) contains several powerful sexual moments that are integral to the story. These moments are used to convey the horror of Michèle's rape, as well as her attempts to process her trauma and seek revenge.
We see a clip of a computer generated monster holding a woman down on a table and using its tentacles to go up the woman's skirt. This clip is seen at least three times.
A woman asks a man to show her his penis. He pulls his pants down, but we only see his butt.
Sexual violence is depicted on a few occasions. We see the man's butt after one of the attacks. We see the woman's breasts on a few brief occasions, as well as her butt.
There are scenes depicting sexual violence where some heavy blows are dealt on the victim, and some brief thrusting is seen. [see Violence & Gore for more details]
The film also depicts some of the characters willingly role-playing "aggressor" and "victim" to derive sexual gratification.
In addition, the film features an implied masturbation scene where the female protagonist touches herself while spying on her neighbor, as well as a sexual scene between the female protagonist and her lover on their bed, which features mainly upper body shots with some thrusting visible.
The film also contains some scenes of nudity, of which there are two scenes of full-frontal female nudity, but these are brief and incidental.
A rape victim comes home to find semen on her bed next to a taunting note from her attacker.
The film revolves around the female protagonist, a rape victim, who decides to uncover the identity of the rapist herself, rather than to report the case to the police.