Part of the BAMcinématek series The Next Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Mon, May 14, 2012 at 7pm
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Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
With Nadezhda Markina, Yelena Lyodova, Aleksey Rozin
(2012) 109min, 35mm
Elena, a former nurse from a modest background, has lived comfortably since marrying a rich older man. When he has a brush with death and writes a will that leaves nearly everything to his estranged daughter, Elena takes drastic measures to improve the future of her ne'er-do-well son and his family. With gorgeous camerawork by Zvyagintsev's regular DP Mikhail Krichman, this Cannes Jury Prize winner examines Russia’s widening wealth gap and the moral decay of a world in which people are caged by their circumstances.
With Apocrypha
Directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev
With Carla Gugino, Quentin Mare
(2009) 13min
Though not included in the theatrical release, Zvyagintsev’s entry in the New York, I Love Youomnibus film follows a young man filming the high rises of Manhattan who discovers that his lens has unexpectedly captured the story of a relationship between a man and a woman. A story about Manhattan is suddenly transformed into a story about separation.
Elena opens at Film Forum on Wed, May 15. For more information, go here.
