Lisa and Julien are married and lead a happy uneventful life with their son Oscar. But their life radically changes one morning, when the police comes to arrest Lisa on murder charges. She’s sentenced to 20 years of prison. Convinced of his wife’s innocence, Julien decides to act. How far will he be willing to go for her?

Pour elle (2008)
  • Rating: (3,389 votes)
  • Tagline:Dans un instant, leur vie va basculer... (In a second, their life will change...) »
  • Runtime:96 minutes
  • Director: Fred Cavayé
  • Countries:France, Spain
  • Actors:
    Julien Auclert
    Vincent Lindon
    Lisa Auclert
    Diane Kruger
    Oscar
    Lancelot Roch
    Henri Pasquet
    Olivier Marchal
    Commandant Susini (as Graia Hammou)
    Hammou Graïa
    Mère Julien
    Liliane Rovère
    Père Julien
    Olivier Perrier
    Martial
    Moussa Maaskri
    Capitaine Jousseaume
    Rémi Martin
    Pascal
    Thierry Godard
  • Genres:Crime, Drama, Thriller
  • Producers:
    Christine De Jekel
    executive producer  
    Olivier Delbosc
    producer  
    Eric Jehelmann
    producer  
    Marc Missonnier
    producer  
    Fernando Victoria de Lecea
    line producer  
  • Plots: Lisa and Julien are married and lead a happy uneventful life with their son Oscar. But their life radically changes one morning, when the police comes to arrest Lisa on murder charges. She's sentenced to 20 years of prison. Convinced of his wife's innocence, Julien decides to act. How far will he be willing to go for her? Written by Happy_Evil_Dude
Pour elle
  • User's comment:No, it's a movie, not a scent by Grann-Bach (Grann-Bach@jubii.dk)

    With his wife(17 years younger, hotter and less brooding) stuck in jail facing 20 years for a murder she clearly did not commit(and all the evidence against her is circumstantial... do French police suck this hard? In general, they are painted in a rather negative light in this, quite unnecessarily), Julien(the swimming teacher from Welcome) seeks to free her so that they can be reunited and spend the rest of their lives together, and with their son(who, other than badly needing to wear a cowbell, doesn't contribute much to this other than being "cute" and a single running theme overly easily solved... and it's not the only thing this sets up that doesn't lead to anything). High hopes aside, he's only a schoolteacher... could he really pull it off? The gradual pace leaves this feeling longer than the 96 minute running time, though it is quite tense and fairly gripping. You care about these people, and you definitely *feel* the impact of every blow dealt. The exciting third act has you so consistently on the edge of your seat, you're liable to fall off. Throughout, this is filmed and edited well. All of the performances are excellent... including the six-year-old(no, really). Part of the way, this is realistic, and it certainly does surprise you. The writing is mostly solid. There is a little brutal, bloody violence in this. I recommend it to fans of crime-thrillers. 7/10


  • Also known as: Anything for Her (International - English title), Anything for Her (Italy - imdb display title), Allt för henne (Sweden), Alt for hende (Denmark), Alt for henne (Norway - imdb display title), Ask Ugruna (Turkey - Turkish title), Ask ugruna (Turkey - Turkish title), Dla niej wszystko (Poland - poster title), Kaiken se kestää (Finland), Nevinná (Czech Republic - imdb display title), Ohne Schuld (Germany - imdb display title), Ola gia ekeini (Greece - DVD title), Por Ella (Mexico), Pour Elle (For Her) (Canada - DVD box title, French title), Pour elle (Cameroon - imdb display title, French title),

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