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Critics rate it 35 points higher than audiences do.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 35 points higher than audiences do.
152 audience votes
Key crew
- Oskar RoehlerDirector
- Martin TodsharowOriginal Music Composer
- Oskar RoehlerScreenplay
Cast
- Christian UlmenMichael Djerzinski
- Moritz BleibtreuBruno Klement
- Martina GedeckChristiane
- Franka PotenteAnnabelle
- Nina HossJane
- Corinna HarfouchDr. Schäfer
- Uwe OchsenknechtBruno's Father
- Jasmin TabatabaiYogini
- Tom SchillingMichael (young)
- Thomas DrechselBruno (young)
- Nina KronjägerKatja
- Hermann BeyerAnnabelle's Father
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Themes
berlin, germanybased on novel or bookunsociabilityhippiesexual obsessionfree loveswinger clubnudist campteachercancerscientistmale virgin