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The Elementary Particles

The Elementary Particles

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 10, 2006

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

62%

Original Title

Elementarteilchen

Production Companies

Moovie, Medienfonds German Film Productions GmbH & Co. KG, Constantin Film, ARD, Bernd Eichinger Productions, Momentum Pictures

Director

Oskar Roehler

Budget

$6,000,000

Description

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.