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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

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

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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