Événement

ELENA June 8-14, Drama, NR, 109 min, In Russian with English subtitles.

ELENA June 8-14

A film by Andrey Zvyagintsev, Drama, NR, 109 min, In
Russian with English subtitles.

"Performances are superb across the board, framed in elegant widescreen compositions that simmer with violence."-Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times

Winner of Cannes' Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize, Elena is a gripping, modern twist on the classic noir thriller. Sixty-ish spouses Vladimir and Elena uneasily share his palatial Moscow apartmenthe's a still-virile, wealthy businessman; she's his dowdy former nurse who has clearly "married up." Estranged from his own wild-child daughter, Vladimir openly despises his wife's freeloading
son and family. But when a sudden illness and an unexpected reunion threaten the dutiful housewife's potential inheritance, she must hatch a desperate plan Masterfully crafted by award-winning Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev (Golden Globe nominee The Return) and featuring evocative, Hitchcockian music by Philip Glass, Elena is a subtly stylish exploration of crime, punishment and human nature.(c) Zeitgeist films