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Driven by Isabel Coizet's (My Life Without Me) visually assured and deeply observant direction, Elegy charts the passionate relationship between a celebrated New York college professor, David Kepesh (Kingsley) and a young Cuban-born woman, Consuela Castillo (Cruz) whose beauty both ravishes and destabilises him.  As their intimate connection tranforms 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, to reveal and transform.  With extraordinary performances by Academy Award winners Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz, Elegy is based on Pulitzer prize-winner Philip Roth's short novel The Dying Animal.

Director:

Isabel Coixet [3],

Starring:

Penelope Cruz [29], Ben Kingsley [37], Patricia Clarkson [30], Peter Sarsgaard [19], Dennis Hopper [70],

Language and Sound:

English 5.1 Dolby Digital

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