We’ve already done an episode about Paul Verhoeven’s Elle, but there are a few more things left to say: in particular, the radical optimism of its ending. To be able to find optimism in a movie about rape and violation is kind of extraordinary — so Jessa and her friend Marta Peirano re-watched the film in Madrid, drank some wine, and recorded this discussion for you.

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