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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.
Apr 18, 2008 · 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 28, 2021 · 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 ...
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Based on Philip Roth's novel "The Dying Animal" and scripted by Nicholas Meyer, David Kepesh (Sir Ben Kingsley) glories in the pursuit of adventurous female ...
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Aug 29, 2008 · 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.
David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley) is an aging although quite virile cultural critic and professor, in a state of 'emancipated manhood.'. Previously married, he has a son who has never forgiven him for leaving his mother. His relationships with women are usually casual, brief and sexual in nature.