Director: Isabel Coixet.
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Penelope Cruz, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson.

Based on Pulitzer Prize-winner Philip Roth’s short novel The Dying Animal, Elegy charts the passionate relationship between a celebrated college professor and a young woman whose beauty both ravishes and destabilizes him. As their intimate connection transforms them more than either could imagine, a charged sexual contest evolves into an indelible love story. (R/113 min.)

• Penelope Cruz  - Best Supporting Actress, Los Angeles Film Critics Association