MOVIE · 1990
New Wave
Drama90 min
A wealthy industrialist brings a drifter into her world, and Jean-Luc Godard turns their encounter into a fractured romance built from literary quotations. Domiziana Giordano’s Elena Torlato-Favrini, identified simply as Elle, is drawn to the stranger she rescues, while Alain Delon is the elusive Lui, a man whose place in her life keeps shifting. The dialogue pulls from texts written across centuries, giving the film a spare, allusive rhythm as romance, class tension, and doubled identities move in and out of focus.
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