Ellektra, also known as Ellen Calling, is a 2004 Belgian thriller drama film directed by Rudolf Mestdagh starring Axelle Red and Matthias Schoenaerts.

The film has won an award at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival, 2 awards at the 2006 Cyprus International Film Festival including best cinematography, and an award at the 2005 Independent Film Festival of Boston.

Ellektra

Plot

Following a tragic accident, a number of people lose their principal gift. A DJ loses his hearing, a perfume maker loses his sense of smell, a pianist loses her fingers. Hiding behind the mysterious name eLLektra, a young girl brings those people together through SMS and offers them comfort for their loss.

Ellektra

Cast

Axelle Red as Anna

Matthias Schoenaerts as DJ Cosmonaut X

Catherine Kools as Ellen aka Ellektra

Gert Portael as Sam

Julien Schoenaerts as Waiter

Ellen Ten Damme as Ellen

Marie Bos as Cynthia

Manou Kersting as Cabron

Lucas Van Ammel as Ludovic

Han Kerckhoffs as Harry

Accolades

References

External links

Rudolf Mestdagh website

2004 films

Dutch thriller films

Neo-noir

2000s French-language films

2000s Dutch-language films

2000s English-language films

Belgian thriller films

2004 thriller films

2004 drama films

2004 multilingual films

Belgian multilingual films

Dutch multilingual films

German multilingual films

Ellektra