Arts & Entertainment
First Tuesday Features Russian Film
Cannes prize winner "Elena" to be shown at noon and 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Lake Theatre.
A modern classic noir thriller from Russia will be the first Tuesday of the month film at the Lake Theatre, 1022 Lake St., in Oak Park.
"Elena," focuses on 60-ish spouses Vladimir and Elena who 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.
The film, directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev with music by Philip Glass, received a special jury prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Rotten Tomatoes gave this movie a 93-percent rating.
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Show times are at noon and 7 p.m. Tickets are $6 for the matinee; $8.50 for the evening. The cinema is at 1022 Lake St.
On the first Tuesday of each month, the Lake presents an art, foreign, documentary, specialty or classic flick. Other films in the series have included "A Separation," which won this year's Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
