When Ben Kingsley gets hold of a role he really connects with (I don’t mean one of those shticky New Yawk scoundrels he loves to overplay in You Kill Me or The Wackness), he has no need to create fireworks; he lights up a character from within. In Elegy, which is adapted from Philip Roth’s novella The Dying Animal, Kingsley portrays the sort of aging lothario who is usually reduced to a type — David Kepesh, a 60ish academic and critic who uses his minor-league celebrity to hustle graduate... Read Full Story
London, Aug 6 (IANS) Spanish star Penelope Cruz’s intimate scenes with Ben Kingsley in their new film “Elegy” were shot behind closed doors with director Isabel Coixet insisting that everyone left the sets for the awkward parts. Contactmusic.com quotes Cruz as saying: “Nobody else but the director was in the room. She was operating the […]
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AFM News: 'Elegy' director casts Kikuchi and Lopez in drama -- Rinko Kikuchi and Sergi Lopez will star in Isabel Coixet's "Map of the Sounds of Tokyo," the Spanish director's follow-up to Penelope Cruz starrer "Elegy."
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Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is about Isabel Coixet. Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article! Read Full Story
Weekly: Coixet, Bayona, Plympton contribute to festival -- At the Sitges film fest, helmer Isabel Coixet unspooled a trailer for “Don’t Talk to Me About Life When I’m Dying,” a follow-up to her Ben Kingsley-Penelope Cruz starrer “Elegy.”
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