Elegy

Elegy

  • Director: Isabel Coixet
  • Writer: Nicholas Meyer,Philip Roth
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, Spanish
  • Release date: April 18, 2008
  • Sound mix: SDDS, DTS, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Elegy: Dying Animal
  • "Elegy" is a romantic film directed by Isabel Coixet Castillo and starring Penélope Cruz Sánchez and Ben Kingsley , which was released in Spain on April 18, 2008.
    Adapted from Philip Roth 's novel "The Dying Flesh ", the film tells the story of a love story that spans the age gap between David Kopesh and Consula Castillo, who has entered his teens   .

    Details

    • Release date April 18, 2008
    • Filming locations Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies Lakeshore Entertainment

    Box office

    Budget

    $13,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $3,581,642

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $104,168

    Gross worldwide

    $14,894,347

    Movie reviews

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    • By Santos 2022-06-27 12:19:58

      Dirge: The Existence of the Spirit is the Progress of Life

      Does the body matter or the mind? Everyone has their answer. It's like asking which came first: the egg or the chicken.

      Of course, the old man can't refuse a beautiful body. The body is very important to him. But is the body the most important thing? He can't stand mediocrity without his wife and children, and his life is inseparable from art and poet friends. These are all explorations of the spiritual world. The student, who has maintained a sexual relationship with him for 20 years,...

    • By Tess 2022-04-23 07:05:39

      old and young

      The love between a girl in her twenties and an old man in her sixties. An old man in his 60s, with a strong physique and a black leather jacket, he can take care of himself and is full of wisdom and literary atmosphere. A girl in her twenties is so beautiful. The old man seduced the girl, and the girl fell in love with the old man. When two people stand together, you will feel that this is really love. But the old man was finally afraid. He knew that one day in the future, a young man would...

    • By Julie 2022-04-23 07:05:39

      do i still love you

      Elegy, Dying Animal. In Carp. I saw about this movie in Hormones, and came to see it, half of my body was bathed in the quiet afternoon sun, and half of my heart was warmed.

         I have always fantasized about being a woman like Consuela, with a body that swims and slips like a young fish, golden brown hair and face, beautiful breasts, eyes and feelings that are clean and translucent like luxury crystals, and also, there is a person like A man like David, with a shiny and sexy bald...

    • By Katlyn 2022-04-23 07:05:39

      Excellent actress from Spain

      This movie has been known for a long time, and I just bought it recently. I have read an article on Penelope before, mentioning this movie, and greatly appreciated Penelope's acting skills.

      After viewing, I very much agree with Penelope's evaluation. Penelope is very beautiful, not only beautiful, but also very superb in her acting skills. She portrays women's happiness, melancholy, fear, and longing very well.

      Although the plot of the second half of the movie ended a little...

    • By General 2022-04-23 07:05:39

      Unknown

      I don't know what to do, but I have always been in love. After reading "Elegy" for a long time, I have been thinking about how to comment on this kind of year-end love and teacher-student love. The heroine Kang Sula is the heroine of the critic, artist, and heroine. Students, they are thirty years apart. The story begins with David telling the poet himself. David is an old intellectual who experienced sexual liberation in the 1960s in the United States. He flaunts freedom and independence and...

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    • By Ulises 2022-04-03 09:01:11

      Xiao Panpan can't control this kind of literary and artistic film, and it's too beautiful to test acting skills and...

    • By Kole 2022-04-03 09:01:11

      The biggest surprise in a man's life is getting...

    • By Dora 2022-04-03 09:01:11

      Coincidentally, both this movie and the EYE OF THE BEHOLDER that I just watched yesterday said: BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, many people translate it into a lover's...

    • By Quinn 2022-04-03 09:01:11

      A very literary film. And it's the kind of movie that has a strong American literary character. But I just can't stand kingsley's big bald head superimposed on the big beauty's head. ....

    • By Garett 2022-04-03 09:01:11

      Truly a work of art...so...

    Movie plot

    David Kopesh (Ben Kingsley) in olden days is a well-known literary critic in New York, and he is hired to teach at a university, and his career can be regarded as a small success. David has never been able to keep pace with his work in his personal life. Although he has been divorced for a long time with his ex-wife Caroline (Patricia Clarkson) , he has always maintained a close and even ambiguous relationship with his ex-wife, who is...
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    Evaluation action

    "Elegy" touches the heartstrings of viewers by combining its hero and heroine's fear of death and their pursuit of love. The film uses David's subjective narration as a clue to narrate the story in a combination of sequence and interlude, from David and Conswella's meeting to falling in love, to separation and reconciliation, the keynote of the film Slow and unique, it is flat and straightforward without being boring. In addition to...
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    Movie quotes

    • David Kepesh: When you make love to a woman you get revenge for all the things that defeated you in life.

    • George O'Hearn: Beautiful women are invisible.

      David Kepesh: Invisible? What the hell does that mean? Invisible? They jump out at you. A beautiful woman, she stands out. She stands apart. You can't miss her.

      George O'Hearn: But we never actually see the person. We see the beautiful shell. We're blocked by the beauty barrier. Yeah, we're so dazzled by the outside that we never make it inside.

    • David Kepesh: I think it was Betty Davis who said old age is not for sissies. But it was Tolstoy who said the biggest surprise in a man's life is old age. Old age sneaks up on you, and the next thing you know you're asking yourself, I'm asking myself, why can't an old man act his real age? How is it possible for me to still be involved in the carnal aspects of the human comedy? Because, in my head, nothing has changed.