Elles

Małgorzata Szumowska : 2011

Anne, a successful, well-off Paris-based mother of two and investigative journalist for Elle, is writing an article about young female students who resort to prostitution to finance their studies. In the media, the subject is treated, on the one hand, with moral disapproval and, on the other, with voyeuristic curiosity. Anne's meetings with two fiercely independent young women, Alicja and Charlotte, are profound and unsettling, moving her to question her most intimate convictions about freedom, money, family and sex. The investigation will completely change the journalist's view of her own fetters and desires. Director Małgorzata Szumowska explores these desires on both sides, non-judgmentally, through an intimate exchange of women's views.