Elegy
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
- Director
- Isabel Coixet
- Worldwide
- $15M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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What It's About
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Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Elegy returned 1.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $13M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $15M
- Release date
- Aug 8, 2008
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States of America
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