The Elementary Particles | |
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Directed by | Antoine Garceau |
Screenplay by | Gilles Taurand |
Based on | Atomised by Michel Houellebecq |
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Cinematography | Antoine Roch |
Music by | Yuksek |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The Elementary Particles (French: Les Particules élémentaires) is a 2021 French television drama film directed by Antoine Garceau for France 2. It is based on the novel Atomised by Michel Houellebecq and has a screenplay by Gilles Taurand.[1] It stars Guillaume Gouix and Jean-Charles Clichet and tells the story of two half brothers, where the first half of the film is about their adolescence and the second is about them as adults.[2]
It premiered on 17 September 2021 at the Festival La Rochelle Cinéma, where it was shown out of competition as a two-part television film.[3] It was changed into one film of 1 hour and 58 minutes before it was shown on France 2 on 31 January 2022.[4][5] It had 2 million viewers, which was 10% of the viewership.[6]