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On her latest assignment, a journalist for Elle immerses herself in a prostitution ring run by university students.
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Anne
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Charlotte
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Alicja
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Patrick
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La mère d'Alicja
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Le client sadique
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Saïd
Jean-Marie Binoche ...
Le père d'Anne
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Florent
Pablo Beugnet ...
Stéphane
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La mère de Charlotte
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Le père de Charlotte
Arthur Moncla ...
Thomas
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Charles
Laurence Ragon ...
Colette
Alain Libolt ...
Le mari de Colette
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Le jeune client
Nicolas Layani ...
Le client guitare
Laurent Jumeaucourt ...
Le client grain de beauté
José Fumanal ...
Le client qui pleure
Martine Vandeville ...
La secrétaire université
Jenny Bellay ...
La voisine retraitée
Tom Hénin ...
L'ami de Florent
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Anaïs Fabre ...
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Directed by

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Malgorzata Szumowska ... (directed by) (as Malgoska Szumowska)

Written by

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Tine Byrckel ... (written by) and
Malgorzata Szumowska ... (written by) (as Malgoska Szumowska)

Produced by

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Daniel Blum ... co-producer
Bettina Brokemper ... co-producer
Reinhold Elschot ... co-producer
Peter Garde ... co-producer
Olivier Guerbois ... line producer
Peter Aalbæk Jensen ... co-producer
Agnieszka Kurzydlo ... co-producer
Johannes Rexin ... line producer
Beata Ryczkowska ... co-producer
Marianne Slot ... producer (produced by)
Malgorzata Szumowska ... co-producer (as Malgoska Szumowska)

Music by

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Pawel Mykietyn

Cinematography by

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Michal Englert

Editing by

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Jacek Drosio
Françoise Tourmen

Editorial Department

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Xavier Sirven ... assistant editor
Yvonne Tran ... colorist (uncredited)

Casting By

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Aurélie Guichard ... (casting)

Production Design by

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Pauline Bourdon Pillot ... (as Pauline Bourdon)

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Katarzyna Lewinska ... (costumes)

Makeup Department

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Cédric Gérard ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Benoît Baverel ... unit manager / unit production manager
Florence Cohen ... assistant production manager
Laura Einmahl ... unit manager
Rüdiger Jordan ... production manager
Claire Mainguenaud ... assistant production manager
Niko Remus ... post-production supervisor
Samuel Rodriguez-Mallet ... assistant unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Nicolas Cambois ... first assistant director
Jean-Christophe Garcia ... trainee assistant director
Boris Vassallo ... third assistant director

Art Department

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Fabien Corée ... set dresser
Stephanie Laurent Delarue ... Art director
Jonathan Israël ... ripper (as Jonathan Israel)
Grégoire Martin ... graphic designer
Martin Tronquart ... property master

Sound Department

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Ivan Dumas ... boom operator
Matthias Lempert ... re-recording mixer
André Rigaut ... sound mixer
Veronica Valentini ... A.D.R

Casting Department

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Mathilde Snodgrass ... casting assistant
Boris Vassallo ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Olivia Lahougue ... costumer

Location Management

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Rüdiger Jordan ... location scout: Germany
Julien Schmitt ... location assistant
Manuel Tritschler ... location manager (as Manuel Trischler)

Music Department

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Matthew Ferraro ... additional music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Anna Zenowicz ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Antje Krumm ... production press
Isabelle Savary ... financial director

Thanks

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Santiago Amigorena ... thanks
Christina Bentlage ... thanks
Caroline Derpienski ... special thanks
Jérôme Dreyfuss ... thanks
Jean-Claude Lamy ... thanks
Petra Müller ... thanks
Arthur Simonini ... thanks
Grégory Weil ... thanks
Jeremy Zall ... special thanks

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Plot Summary

Anne (Juliette Binoche), a well-off, Paris-based mother of two and investigative journalist for ELLE, is writing an article about student prostitution. Her meetings with two fiercely independent young women, Alicja (Joanna Kulig) and Charlotte (Anais Demoustier), are profound and unsettling, moving her to question her most intimate convictions about money, family and sex. Written by Tine Byrckel

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Taglines The world's oldest profession still has its secrets. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Sponsoring (France)
  • Sponsoring (Poland)
  • Das bessere Leben (Germany)
  • Ellas (Spain)
  • ラヴァーズ・ダイアリー (Japan, Japanese title)
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Runtime
  • 99 min
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Budget EUR4,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Director Malgorzata Szumowska revealed Joanna Kulig, who in the film plays a prostitute, was so afraid of the scene where she is naked with a client who is peeing over her. "It was amazing that for three months she was afraid of that scene. But what was challenging was that when she starts to do it, she did it very fast. In a few hours without any hysteria, no questions." During that scene Kulig wanted to hear classical music and asked that not all the crew were on the set. "For me it was very difficult to keep concentrated!" - the actress said. "The scene was funny. On the sixth time [the juice machine] was broke so we had to stop. And everybody started to laugh. I had to be very concentrated. To have a serious face thinking about the subject. And I started to play and for two minutes, 'Sorry! We have to stop. This machine doesn't work with the juice!' And everybody...." See more »
Goofs Call girls get paid before the act, not after, or by Venmo etc. See more »
Soundtracks Symphony No. 7 Op. 92 II. Allegretto See more »
Crazy Credits Closing credits begin during a breakfast scene with Anne's family. See more »
Quotes Anne: All women are whores, is that it?
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