Atomised / The Elementary Particles
Atomised ( – The Elementary Particles) is a 2006 German film based on the novel Les Particules élémentaires by Michel Houellebecq. The film was written and directed by Oskar Roehler and produced by Oliver Berben and Bernd Eichinger. It stars Moritz Bleibtreu as Bruno, Christian Ulmen as Michael, Martina Gedeck as Christiane, Franka Potente as Annabelle, and Nina Hoss as Jane.
Plot
The film focuses on Michael (Michael Djerzinski) and Bruno and their disturbed sexuality. They are half-brothers who are very different from each other. They both had an unusual childhood because their mother was a hippie, instead growing up with their grandmothers and in boarding schools.
Cast
- Christian Ulmen
- Corinna Harfouch
- Deborah Kaufmann
- Dietmar Mössmer
- Franka Potente
- Franziska Schlattner
- Herbert Knaup
- Hermann Beyer
- Ingeborg Westphal
- Jasmin Tabatabai
- Jennifer Ulrich
- Joachim Kretzer
- Katharina Palm
- Magali Greif
- Manfred Möck
- Martina Gedeck
- Michael Gwisdek
- Moritz Bleibtreu
- Nina Hoss
- Nina Kronjäger
- Reiner Heise
- Rüdiger Klink
- Shaun Lawton
- Simon Böer
- Simon Licht
- Thomas Drechsel
- Thomas Huber
- Thorsten Merten
- Tom Schilling
- Ulrike Kriener
- Ursula Karusseit
- Uwe-Dag Berlin
- Uwe Ochsenknecht
- Wilfried Hochholdinger
More details
| author | Michel Houellebecq Oskar Roehler |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Berlin |
| director | Oskar Roehler |
| keywords | boarding school clone disturb end first time genetics grow up hallucination hippie ireland male sexuality mental institution molecular biologist nobel prize obsess open relationship reproduction school teacher sexual desire sexual harassment sexual relationship sexually harassed swing swing club |
| musicBy | Martin Todsharow |
| producer | Bernd Eichinger Oliver Berben |
| publisher | Momentum Pictures |
| theme | sexuality |