Ben Kingsley andPenelope Cruz in ElegyThe film Elegy is based on a Philip Roth story The Dying Animal (2002) that I read when it came out. My being at a time of life myself when age and ageing have become a serious matter, the novel made a melancholy impact.In the film, the two main roles are, first, a 60-plus university lecturer and minor New York radio personality, David Kepesh, played by Ben Kingsley, and, second, one of the students in his English class, Consuela Castillo, played by Penelope…
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