Cannes: With 'Elle,' Paul Verhoeven makes noise, and another comeback

The movie's opening may as well arrive with an on-screen statement.

Loud shrieking lends the impression a couple is having sex, but the first sight is a close-up of a cat. Then the camera cuts to the source of the shrieks, and it turns out what sounded like love was actually an assault.

"Paul Verhoeven...