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Elegy

Year:

2008

Duration:

112 min

Genres:

Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Isabel Coixet

Awards:

3 wins & 5 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2008-04-18

Filming Locations: Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Earnings

Budget: $13,000,000

Opening Weekend: $104,168 (USA) (10 August 2008)

Gross: $3,577,210 (USA) (9 November 2008)

Cast

Actor

Character

Tania Saulnier

Antonio Cupo

Penélope Cruz

Consuela Castillo

Ben Kingsley

David Kepesh

Dennis Hopper

George O'Hearn

Patricia Clarkson

Carolyn

Peter Sarsgaard

Kenny Kepesh

Deborah Harry

Amy O'Hearn

Charlie Rose

Michelle Harrison

2nd Student

Sonja Bennett

Beth

Emily Holmes

1st Student

Chelah Horsdal

Susan Reese

Marci T. House

Administration Nurse

Alessandro Juliani

Actor #3 in Play

Tiffany Lyndall-Knight

Actor #2 in Play

Laura Mennell

Cute Girl

Andre Lamal

Talk Show Host

Shaker Paleja

3rd Student

Kris Pope

Consuela's Brother

Julian Richings

Actor in Play #1

Michael Teigen

Waiter

Alan Wyn Hughes

Student (uncredited)

Braden Jennings

Class student #7 (uncredited)

Ryan McDonell

Student (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

David tells Consuela that she looks like Goya's Maja Desnuda. Penélope Cruz (who plays Consuela) plays Pepita Tudó in Volavérunt (1999), possibly a model for the Maja Desnuda.

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Quotes

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.

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Consuela Castillo: Beautiful picture.

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George O'Hearn: Beautiful women are invisible.

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Faq

What is an "elegy"?

An elegy is a poem for a dead person.

What is this movie about?

An aging University professor David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley), nearing the end of his career, meets Cuban student Consuela Castillo (Penélope Cruz), who awakens his sense of sexuality.

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