Elegy (2008)

108 min · Drama, Romance Film, Romantic Drama, drama film, romance film

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Directors

Isabel Coixet

Cast

Penélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard, Dennis Hopper, Deborah Harry, Sonja Bennett, Chelah Horsdal, Shaker Paleja, Charlie Rose, Kris Pope

The story

David Kepesh is a cultural critic and professor, in a state of "emancipated manhood": His relationships with women are usually casual, brief and sexual in nature. Previously married, he has a son who has never forgiven him for leaving his mother. His friend, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet George O'Hearn, suggests that he "bifurcate" his life: have conversations and enjoy art with a wife, and "keep the sex just for sex".

Catalogue themes and tags

Age Difference, Death of a friend, Gegenwart, Krankheit, Krebs, Literatur, Longing, Lover, Lovesickness, Lovestory, New York, Photography, Professor for Literature, Relation, Studenten, Universität, Verhältnis, bester Freund, ehebruch, vater-sohn, Romantic drama, Romance Film, Drama, Film adaptation

Genres

Drama, Romance Film, Romantic Drama, drama film, romance film

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