Still, the style world’s renewed devotion has left Ms. Huppert nonplused. It is the kind of assessment that Ms. Huppert is apt to greet with one of her ironic smiles. However malleable her features, however vulnerable she may seem onscreen, Ms. Huppert wants you to know that ultimately she is the one in charge. As Michèle in “Elle,” Ms. Huppert pursues her own sexual agenda, whatever the cost. Ms. Huppert wondered, returning to a topic that she clearly finds absorbing.

Source: New York Times February 23, 2017 22:18 UTC