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Name: Elegy
Released: 2008-8-29
Cast: Penelope Cruz, Sir Ben Kingsley, Peter Sarsgaard, Patricia Clarkson, Dennis Hopper

Elegy

R
1h 52m
2008

75%

Respected cultural critic and author David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley) is a middle-aged college professor who, for years, has lived in a state of "emancipated manhood." His romantic conquests are many; his lasting commitments, few. But when a stunning young student named Consuela Castillo (Penelope Cruz) enters his life, her otherworldly beauty captivates him to the point of obsession. Soon, their erotic relationship evolves into an undying and passionate love in this gripping drama that explores the power of love to blind, reveal and transform.

Director:

Isabel Coixet

Producer:

Andre Lamal, Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg

Writer:

Nicholas Meyer

Cast:

Penelope Cruz, Sir Ben Kingsley, Peter Sarsgaard, Patricia Clarkson, Dennis Hopper

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

75%

Critics Consensus: An intelligent, adult, and provocative Philip Roth adaptation that features classy performances, Elegy is never quite the sum of its parts.

Reviews

Cinemanía (Spain)

Bárbara Escamilla

A sincere and careful but unexpectedly subdued film. [Full review in Spanish]

November 6, 2020

FULL REVIEW

Charleston City Paper

Felicia Feaster

Smart and devastatingly sad, Elegy is at heart a film about the many damned-to-fail ways we try to protect ourselves from the inevitable certainty of death.

A finely crafted, intelligently written work, featuring some exceptional performances by Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz.

As far as it goes, it's enjoyable enough.

The stillness of the performances combined with Coixet's direction, which takes it time, and that bloody piano tinkling and tinkling away make it all rather heavy going; makes you feel as if you've just swum uphill through treacle.

August 23, 2018

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