Elena Page #4

Synopsis: Elena and Vladimir are an older couple, they come from different backgrounds. Vladimir is a wealthy and cold man, Elena comes from a modest milieu and is a docile wife. They have met late in life and each one has children from previous marriages. Elena's son is unemployed, unable to support his own family and he is constantly asking Elena for money. Vladimir's daughter is a careless young woman who has a distant relationship with her father. A heart attack puts Vladimir in hospital, where he realizes that his remaining time is limited. A brief but somehow tender reunion with his daughter leads him to make an important decision: she will be the only heiress of his wealth. Back home he announces it to Elena. Her hopes to financially help her son suddenly vanish. The shy and submissive housewife then comes up with a plan to give her son and grandchildren a real chance in life.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Andrey Zvyagintsev
Production: Zeitgeist Films
  21 wins & 21 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
87
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
109 min
Website
379 Views


Mama. We have a surprise for

you! We're pregnant again!

Are you serious? Really?!

Goodness, that's wonderful!

- If it's a boy, I'll call him Volodya.

- Oh, please.

- Why not?

- Well, I hope, it's a girl.

Yeah, a girl would be better.

A girl would be better.

Yeah?

Here.

Hey, go easy!

Cut it out, woman,

you're pissing me off.

Game over.

Probably just the circuit breaker.

What's with you?

Mama, you're going to break my arm.

Give him to me.

Let me go have a look.

Easy, little one, easy...

Looks like the whole building's out.

The whole world!

The a**holes.

- Hey, Aleskei.

- Hey.

- What's up with it?

- F*** knows.

The whole block's been cut off,

I guess. They'll probably

turn it back on soon.

A**holes, second time this month.

OK, Sergey. Take care.

Hi!

Hey, you lot.

- Where are you off to?

- For a walk.

Be home by 11.

Tanya, have we got candles?

Why would we have candles?

Vitya, Lesha, you there?

Hey, guys.

What took you so long?

My grandma was getting on my case.

Thought, you chickened out.

Almost went without you.

You should have then. Shut it.

Whatever, chill out. Here, juice up.

Hey, leave some for us.

- Are they there?

- Yeah.

- Then let's go.

- All right.

Yuri, hurry the f*** up!

F*** off, f***er!

Die, f***er!

You c*nt!

Dima, let's go!

Mama!

Quiet!

Mama, what do we need this crap for?

If we put a wall in here,

a door over here, then

Sasha can have his own room.

We still haven't decided

anything with Katya.

We'll work something out.

I doubt it.

We will, I'm telling you.

Ma, have we got any beer?

Look in the fridge.

Even the upcoming

Olympics has not broken

the stagnation in Sochi...

I'm worried, waiting for his decision.

I think, it doesn't

matter whose prize you are.

I like the fact, that he

leads an interesting life,

full of adventurism and activity.

He's got kind eyes.

I'm worried about Yulia,

she's got that child...

Choose Katya or Dasha,

there's no difference,

whichever one takes your fancy.

You're cool,

you were better than all of them.

Don't listen to anything they say.

Is he asleep?

Elena, this is amazing!

Tea anyone?

I think, there's about a 98%

chance he'll come into my room.

Let me help you.

I'll even leave with him.

Tanya, bring me some nuts.

My god, come over here, come to me.

He can't even speak,

he's overwhelmed...

Come here! Come on!

Today I feel like I'm 90 years old,

and I want to give you a hard time,

because you're all younger than me.

I think that you're

empty-headed bimbos.

Keep it in perspective, otherwise you'll

be sitting here until your pension.

She wants a lot, but giving...

She doesn't know, what

she's going to give yet.

Zhenya, what did you think of Lena?

I don't know what to tell you...

Basically, there's nothing I can say.

NADEZHDA MARKINA, ANDREY SMIRNOV

YELENA LYADOVA, ALEKSEY ROZIN

EVGENIYA KONUSHKINA, IGOR OGURTSOV

Directed by ANDREI ZVYAGINTSEV

Produced by ALEXANDER RODNYANSKY,

SERGEY MELKUMOV:

Director of Photography

MIKHAIL KRICHMAN

Written by OLEG NEGIN,

ANDREI ZVYAGINTSEV

Original Music by PHILIP GLASS

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Oleg Negin

Oleg Negin (born 2 July 1970) is a Russian screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Moscow.Negin's novels include П.Ушкин and Кипарис во дворе, published in 2004. In film, he became a collaborator with director Andrey Zvyagintsev, and at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival their Leviathan won the Best Screenplay Award. For their 2017 film Loveless, Negin and Zvyagintsev were jointly nominated for the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter. more…

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