Elegy
2008 · Movie · R · 112 min · ★ 6.3 · 71% critics
A respected cultural critic sees his orderly life upended when he becomes entangled with a well-mannered student, igniting feelings he hasn’t dealt with before. As the relationship deepens beyond what he expects, personal doubts and complicated choices begin to spiral.
Based on The Dying Animal
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Details
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-08-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (307 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you’re drawn to intense age-gap romance dramas with major emotional stakes and big performances like The Human Stain or Learning to Drive; Not for you if you want a light, purely hopeful love story.
Pros: stellar Kingsley-Cruz chemistry; intense drama; smart relationship focus | Cons: slow pacing; uncomfortable power imbalance; some viewers find it pretentious
Themes
- sexual attraction
- cuban
- critic
- hedonism
- possessiveness
- woman director
Cast & crew
Penélope Cruz
as Consuela Castillo
Ben Kingsley
as David Kepesh
Patricia Clarkson
as Carolyn
Peter Sarsgaard
as Kenneth Kepesh
Dennis Hopper
as George O'Hearn
Sonja Bennett
as Beth
Chelah Horsdal
as Susan Reese
Shaker Paleja
as Kris Banjee
Charlie Rose
as Charlie Rose
Kris Pope
as Consuela's Brother
Directed by Isabel Coixet