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Jul 11, 2012 · Dostoyevsky meets film noir. Nadezhda Markina and Andrey Smirnov in "Elena." “Elena” begins as if it will be the grim portrait of unpleasant people and grows steadily more remorseless. There’s a kind of fascination in its unblinking portrait of characters who care about nothing but money.
Elena Stefanovna of Moldavia (Russian: Елена Стефановна, romanized: Yelena Stefanovna), also known as Elena of Wallachia[1] (Russian: Елена Волошанка, romanized: Yelena Voloshanka; c. 1464–1466 – 18 January 1505), was a Moldavian princess as a daughter of Stephen III, who later became the grand princess consort ...
May 18, 2012 · Elena is 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; she’s his dowdy former nurse who has clearly “married up.”
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- Andrey Zvyagintsev
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May 15, 2012 · Post-Soviet Russia in Andrei Zvyagintsev’s somber, gripping film “Elena” is a moral vacuum where money rules, the haves are contemptuous of the have-nots, and class resentment simmers.
- Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Stephen Holden
- 109 min
Jul 28, 2011 · Sixtyish, uneducated Elena ( Nadezhda Markina, who resembles an older, doughier Frances McDormand) shares a spaciously luxurious city-center apartment – but not a bed – with her older husband ...
- THR Staff
Masterfully crafted by award-winning Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev (Golden Globe nominee The Return) and featuring evocative, Hitchcockian music by Philip Glass, Elena is a subtly stylish exploration of crime, punishment and human nature. ELENA is now available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital.
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May 17, 2012 · Two families united by marriage but divided by class are the focus of an intensely compelling slice of noir about moral rot and class warfare in post-Soviet Russia. Critic Ella Taylor says the ...
