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- 112 Minutes
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Language English with English subtitles
- Country USA
- Rated: R
- Format: Widescreen
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- Directed by Isabel Coixet
- Written by Nicholas Meyer, Philip Roth
- Starring Ben Kingsley, Deborah Harry, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson, Penélope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard
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Synopsis:
An aging, cynical, creatively-blocked writer and college professor (Kingsley) takes up with a younger, adoring, but savvy former student (Cruz), who finally gets the better of him. Excellent supporting performances by Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard and Deborah Harry (!) add much weight to the film, but it is the nuanced relationship between teacher and student that takes center stage.
Won: Outstanding Performance (Cruz), 2009 Santa Barbara International Film Festival; Best Supporting Actress (Cruz), 2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Nominated: Golden Bear, 2008 Berlin Internatonal Film Festiva
Review:
[Kingsley and Cruz s] best performances of their recent careers. Andrew O Hehir, SALON.COM
(Read more)- More on Elegy:
- Official film Web site
- Podcast discussion of the film
