Elegy is a 2008 drama film directed by Spanish director Isabel Coixet and based on a Philip Roth novel, The Dying Animal. Starring Penélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, and Dennis Hopper, the film is set in New York City, but was filmed in Vancouver. David Kepesh is a cultural critic and professor, in a state of 'emancipated manhood'. Previously married, he has a son who has never forgiven him for leaving his mother. His relationships with women are usually casual, brief and sexual in nature. His Pulitzer Prize-winning friend, George O'Hearn, suggests that he "bifurcate" his life: have... conversations and enjoy art with a wife, and "keep the sex just for sex". Believing himself to be an independent and self-actualized individual, he encounters Consuela Castillo, a beautiful and confident student who attends one of his lectures. She captures his attention like no other woman, and they begin a serious relationship. David is also in a casual 20-year relationship with Caroline, another former student. Over dinner, Consuela invites David to her graduation party. George advises him to leave her before she leaves him.
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| Release date: | April 18, 2008 |
| Directed by: | Isabel Coixet |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 124 Minutes |
| Producer: | Tom Rosenberg, Eric Reid, Gary Lucchesi |
| Screenplay by: | Nicholas Meyer |
| Estimated budget: | $13,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Dying Animal |