Elena
I do not agree with the accolades. This movie feels flat and lifeless. The characters just lack depth. This is all the more disappointing because the actors are good, but...
Andrey Zvyagintsev
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Elena
Winner of Cannes' Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize, 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...Watch Movie
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Elena
Beautifully shot, keeps you in each moment, Tarkovsky pacing. Nadezhda Markina is perfect.
Elena
Pretty sickening. Morally and socially degrading. Is it trying to be representative of any society? The triumph of evil?
Elena
Fabulous and well-acted. Just goes to show you that Russia has now caught up with the rest of the world in terms of family codependency, greed and misery. Good character...
Elena
A slow moving character study with a depiction of post socialist Russian society. Highly recommended.