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Elena (2011)

Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev

Drama | Crime

Overview

Elena is a woman of a certain age, living in a chic Moscow apartment with her wealthy businessman husband Vladimir. While Vladimir is estranged from his daughter, he does not mask his contempt for Elena’s own child, who seems to be in constant need of financial assistance. When Vladimir suddenly falls ill and his volatile, nihilistic daughter comes back into the picture, Elena must hatch a plan for her own survival.

Length 109 minutes

Actors

Ivan Dobronravov | Andrey Smirnov | Anastasiya Sapozhnikova | Nadezhda Markina | Aleksey Rozin | Olga Lapshina | Aleksey Maslodudov | Elena Lyadova | Екатерина Тарковская | Dmitry Pavlenko | Yaroslav Zhalnin | Dana Agisheva | Yuriy Borisov | Oksana Semenova | Nikita Slepchenkov | Larisa Khalafova | Ivan Mulin | Vasily Zotov | Игорь Огурцов | Aleksandr Slastin | Anna Gulyarenko | Vasily Michkov | Evgeniya Shevchenko | Yana Lvova | Lyudmila Alexeyeva | Василий Прокопьев | Dilyara Aukhadieva | Aleksandr Kazakov | Angela Dmitrieva

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

A slow, unsettling movie with beautiful cinematography and a matter-of-fact style that is disconcerting for it’s normalcy. It took me two discs to watch over weeks of time since the first disc had scratches that made the disc skip.

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