Atomised (film)

Atomised / The Elementary Particles
The movie poster for Elementary Particles.
Directed by	Oskar Roehler
Written by	Michel Houellebecq Oskar Roehler
Produced by	Oliver Berben Bernd Eichinger
Starring	Moritz Bleibtreu Christian Ulmen Martina Gedeck Franka Potente
Distributed by	Momentum Pictures
Release date	12 February 2006
Running time	113 min.
Language	German

Atomised (also released as The Elementary Particles) is a 2006 German film based on the controversial 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, and Franka Potente as Annabelle.

The film had its première at the Berlin Film Festival in Germany in February of 2006. The script for the film was written three years before filming began. The film was shot entirely in Germany. Cities and states in Germany used for filming included Thuringia and Berlin.

Plot

The film focuses on Michael and Bruno and their disturbed sexuality. They are half-brothers who are very different from each other. They both dealt with a horrendous childhood growing because their mother was a hippie and watched after her own affairs and not the boys. Michael grows up to become a molecular biologist and in doing so becomes more fascinated with genes than actual women. Bruno, on the other hand, is obsessed with his own sexual desires and finds great satisfaction in using prostitutes. Bruno's life changes when he meets Christiane, an experienced woman. Michael meets Annabelle, his childhood sweetheart.