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Release Date: August 8, 2008 (Limited)
On DVD: March 17, 2009
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: Isobel Coixet
Writer: Nicholas Meyer
Cast: Penelople Cruz, Sir Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Official site: elegymovie.com
Running Time: 113 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for sexuality, nudity and language

Driven by Isabel Coixet's visually assured and deeply observant direction, "Elegy" charts the passionate relationship between a celebrated college professor and a young woman whose beauty both ravishes and destabilizes him. As their intimate connection transforms 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 to transform.

David Kepesh (Sir Ben Kingsley)...

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It's the sex film we've all been waiting for: Penelope Cruz and Sir Ben Kingsley, together at last. Yes, it's steamy. Yes, it's sensual. Yes, it's Elegy. A drama about a much older man who loves one of his former students, Elegy is a well-acted but ultimately forgettable tale of "exploration."

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