Sep 13 2008
Elegy
Dir: Isabel Coixet
Writ: Nicholas Meyer based on book by Philip Roth
- Ben Kingsley … David Kepesh
- Penélope Cruz … Consuela Castillo
- Dennis Hopper … George O’Hearn
- Peter Sarsgaard … Kenneth Kepesh
David Kepesh, sometime narrator of this film, is an ageing lecturer. Or an ageing Tom Cat, going from woman to woman in order to maintain his independence. And then Consuela comes to his class.
Tags: 6 Stars, based on book, Ben Kingsley, bleak, character study, Dennis Hopper, depressing, Elegy, feminism, Isabel Coixet, looks pretty, nice touches, Nicholas Meyer, Penelope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard, Philip Roth, R16