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Elegy
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Elegy is a 2008 drama and romance film directed by Isabel Coixet. The screenplay was written by Nicholas Meyer and Philip Roth, based on Roth's work The Dying Animal. The film stars Ben Kingsley, Penélope Cruz, Dennis Hopper, and Peter Sarsgaard. Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi produced the movie for Lakeshore Entertainment.
The narrative is set in New York City and focuses on the subject of breast cancer. Filming took place in Vancouver and Coquitlam. Jean-Claude Larrieu served as the director of photography, with music composed by Cliff Eidelman. The film was distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Netflix, and is available via video on demand through providers such as Amazon Prime Video.
The movie has a runtime of 112 minutes. It was released in 2008 and holds a review score of 75%, 6.7/10, and 66/100. The budget was 13,000,000, resulting in revenue of 14,894,347. Keywords associated with the film include sexual attraction, Cuban, critic, hedonism, and possessiveness.
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Film · TMDB
6.3Cultural 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.
Cast
- 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
Themes
- sexual attraction
- cuban
- critic
- hedonism
- possessiveness
- woman director
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Dying Animal
- Main subject
- breast cancer
- Director
- Isabel Coixet
- Screenwriter
- Philip Roth
- Cast member
- Tania Saulnier
- Composer
- Cliff Eidelman
- Producer
- Gary Lucchesi
- Production company
- Lakeshore Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Jean-Claude Larrieu
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- Coquitlam
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 106313
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 2008-08-14
- title
- Elegy
- after a work by
- Philip Roth
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 66/100
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