The Elementary Particles
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Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, this movie 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. His pitiful life changes when he gets to know the experienced Christiane. In the meantime, Michael meets Annabelle, the love of his youth, again...
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Moritz Bleibtreu
Bruno
Christian Ulmen
Michael
Franka Potente
Annabelle
Martina Gedeck
Christiane
Nina Hoss
Jane
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Brunos Vater
Corinna Harfouch
Dr. Schäfer
Tom Schilling
Michael - Jung
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Thomas Drechsel
Bruno - Jung
Herbert Knaup
Sollers
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Martin Todsharow
Composer
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Carl-Friedrich Koschnick
Cinematographer
