The U.S. Trailer for Paul Verhoeven's Rape-Revenge Flick Elle Is Here

Dutch director Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Robocop, and of course, Showgirls) set Cannes on fire this year with Elle, which the Telegraph described as “the first comedy of manners about rape.” The just-released U.S. trailer casts it more as a thriller (Verhoeven has insisted, “It is not a rape comedy”). Whatever it is, people who have seen it seem to agree that it’s a fantastic (it currently holds a 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes) and unique spin on the rape-revenge film subgenre, due in no small part to Isabelle Huppert’s performance. Expect to hear much, much more about this one as its November 11 U.S. release date approaches.