
My Life Without Me(2003)
A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.


Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.

Penélope Cruz
Consuela Castillo

Ben Kingsley
David Kepesh

Patricia Clarkson
Carolyn

Peter Sarsgaard
Kenneth Kepesh

Dennis Hopper
George O'Hearn

Sonja Bennett
Beth

Chelah Horsdal
Susan Reese

Shaker Paleja
Kris Banjee

Charlie Rose
Charlie Rose

Kris Pope
Consuela's Brother
Elegy is a drama, romance film released in 2008 exploring themes of sexual attraction, cuban, critic, hedonism, possessiveness, woman director. Directed by Isabel Coixet, it stars Penélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson. Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
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