Synopsis

Release Date: 08/08/2008
Rating: R
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Drama
Director: Isabel Coixet
Cast: Penélope Cruz , Ben Kingsley , Dennis Hopper , Patricia Clarkson

Adapted from author Philip Roth's novel The Dying Animal, director Isabel Coixet's elegant tale of obsession explores the relationship between a highly respected professor (Ben Kingsley) and an impossibly gorgeous grad student (Penélope Cruz). As their relationship deepens, the professor finds his ego challenged by the girl's enchanting beauty. Dennis Hopper and Patricia Clarkson co-star.

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Elegy is intelligent, brilliantly written and richly erotic--a motion picture that aims high and succeeds as first-rate adult entertainment.

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