Elena

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Call Number: DVD FLC-RUS Elena
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Special features: 20 minute interview with director, Andrey Zvyagintsev ; poster screenprinting video ; US theatrical trailer.
Special features: 30-minute interview with director Andrey Zvyagintsev; making-of; U.S. theatrical trailer.
Nadezhda Markina, Andrey Smirnov, Elena Lyadova.
The story of Elena and Vladimir, an older couple. The wealthy but stingy Vladimir treats Elena more like a servant than a wife. They each have children from their first marriages, a son and a daughter. Elena's son is unemployed and can't feed his wife and two children; they live only on the money Elena provides them, while Vladimir's daughter lives a bohemian life. In the hospital following a heart attack, Vladimir's daughter visits him. Their time together strengthens their usually distant relationship. Upon leaving the hospital, Vladimir declares that he's decided to change his will so that his daughter will receive all his money, leaving Elena with only a meager annuity. This will make it impossible for Elena to help her son financially. Humble and obedient, Elena then resorts to a desperate step.
A gripping, modern twist on the classic noir thriller. Sixty-ish spouses Vladimir and Elena uneasily share his palatial Moscow apartment. He's a still-virile, wealthy businessman, and she's his dowdy former nurse who has clearly 'married up.' When a sudden illness and an unexpected reunion threaten the dutiful housewife's potential inheritance, she must hatch a desperate plan.
DVD, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation, NTSC region 1.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Powerful family drama submitted by MH17 on August 6, 2018, 9:58pm A well-made and gripping thriller of sorts that shows what lengths a person will go to for family. The movie raises some intriguing questions about what is owed and what is fair in a relationship and portrays the desperation of someone who feels they are being taken advantage of. Misers never win. An intriguing look at modern Russia and the divide between the haves and have nots.