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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 "married up." Estranged from his own wild-child daughter, Vladimir openly despises his wife's freeloading son and family. But when a sudden illness and an unexpected reunion threaten the dutiful housewife's potential inheritance, she must hatch a desperate plan. 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.
Original Release
06/06/2011
US Release
06/06/2011
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Nadezhda Markina | Elena |
Andrey Smirnov | Vladimir |
Elena Lyadova | Katerina |
Aleksey Rozin | Sergey |
Evgeniya Konushkina | Tatyana |
Igor Ogurtsov | Sasha / Aleksandr |
Vasiliy Michkov | Lawyer |
Aleksey Maslodudov | Vitek |
Ekaterina Tarkovskaya | |
Ivan Mulin |
Directors
Writers
Andrey Zvyagintsev, Oleg Negin
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nadezhda Markina | Elena |
Andrey Smirnov | Vladimir |
Elena Lyadova | Katerina |
Aleksey Rozin | Sergey |
Evgeniya Konushkina | Tatyana |
Igor Ogurtsov | Sasha / Aleksandr |
Vasiliy Michkov | Lawyer |
Aleksey Maslodudov | Vitek |
Ekaterina Tarkovskaya | |
Ivan Mulin | |
Nikita Slepchenkov | |
Yura Borisov | Friend Sanka |
Igor Yurtaev | |
Yaroslav Zhalnin | |
Vasily Prokopyev | |
Dmitry Pavlenko | |
Aleksandr Pasechny | |
Anastasiya Sapozhnikova | |
Vladimir Kolosov | |
Lyudmila Alekseyeva |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ekaterina Marakulina | Executive Producer |
Sergey Melkumov | Producer |
Alexander Rodnyansky | Producer |