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The Elementary Particles (2006)
Directed by Oskar Roehler
Overview
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.
Length 105 minutes
Actors
Christian Ulmen | Moritz Bleibtreu | Martina Gedeck | Franka Potente | Nina Hoss | Corinna Harfouch | Uwe Ochsenknecht | Jasmin Tabatabai | Tom Schilling | Thomas Drechsel | Nina Kronjäger | Hermann Beyer | Ulrike Kriener | Jennifer Ulrich | Michael Gwisdek | Herbert Knaup | Deborah Kaufmann | Rüdiger Klink | Thorsten Merten | Franziska Schlattner | Ingeborg Westphal | Ursula Karusseit | Dieter Bach | Wilfried Hochholdinger | Simon Licht | Michael Zühlke | Tyra Misoux | Bernd Stempel | Joachim Kretzer | Christian Schmidt | Manfred Möck | Thomas Huber | Reiner Heise