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Aug 21, 2008 · 112 minutes ‧ R ‧ 2008. Directed by. Isabel Coixet. Written by. Nicholas Meyer. Based on the novel by. Philip Roth. Ben Kingsley, who can play just about any role, seems to be especially effective playing slimy intellectuals. "Elegy" is a film that could have been made for.
Elegy is a 2008 American romantic drama film directed by Isabel Coixet from a screenplay by Nicholas Meyer, based on the 2001 novel The Dying Animal by Philip Roth. The film stars Penélope Cruz and Ben Kingsley , with Peter Sarsgaard , Patricia Clarkson , and Dennis Hopper in supporting roles.
Elegy: Directed by Isabel Coixet. With Penélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson. Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life, which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood," thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
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- Drama, Romance
- Isabel Coixet
- 2008-04-18
Aug 8, 2008 · Elegy. R Released Aug 8, 2008 1h 51m Drama Romance List. 75% Tomatometer 122 Reviews 61% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings. David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley), a renowned professor, has no interest in ...
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- Isabel Coixet
- R
- Penélope Cruz
Our review: Parents say: Not yet rated Rate movie. Kids say: Not yet rated Rate movie. Melancholic and moving, Elegy -- based on a book by Philip Roth -- is a Trojan horse of the best kind: It's a deeply emotional film masquerading as an intellectual exercise. Kingsley is masterful here; his David is empathetic -- despite the fact that he's a ...
- Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper, Penelope Cruz
- Isabel Coixet
- Samuel Goldwyn Company
Aug 8, 2008 · Elegy charts the passionate relationship between a celebrated college professor and a young woman whose beauty both ravishes and destabilizes the professor. As their intimate connection transforms them--more than either could imagine--a charged sexual contest evolves into an indelible love story. With humanistic warmth, wry wit, and erotic intensity, Elegy explores the power of beauty to blind ...
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Directed by Isabel Coixet. Isabel Coixet’s Elisa and Marcela (2019) was a wonderful yet sad LGBTQ story. Whereas, Elegy is a film that was not available to us last year as I searched Coixet’s filmography. Elegy would have been more enjoyable without Dennis Hopper and Charlie Rose.
