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The Elementary Particles

Original title: Elementarteilchen

2006 · 1h 45m

Directed by Oskar Roehler

6.2

TMDB audience score
154 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Christian Ulmen
    Michael Djerzinski

  • Moritz Bleibtreu
    Bruno Klement

  • Martina Gedeck
    Christiane

  • Franka Potente
    Annabelle

  • Nina Hoss
    Jane

  • Corinna Harfouch
    Dr. Schäfer

  • Uwe Ochsenknecht
    Bruno's Father

  • Jasmin Tabatabai
    Yogini

  • Tom Schilling
    Michael (young)

  • Thomas Drechsel
    Bruno (young)

  • Nina Kronjäger
    Katja

  • Hermann Beyer
    Annabelle's Father

  • Ulrike Kriener
    Annabelle's Mother

  • Jennifer Ulrich
    Johanna

  • Michael Gwisdek
    Professor Fleisser

  • Herbert Knaup
    Sollers

  • Deborah Kaufmann
    Hannelore

  • Rüdiger Klink
    Uwe