Great performances in 'Elegy'

Director: Isabel Coixet

Cast: Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper, Penelope Cruz

Cert: 16

A strong storyline, beautifully played, that considers love across the generations with Kingsley playing a decent professor who falls for the charms of 30-years-his-junior Latin beauty Cruz.

And the question that lies at the heart of the story is: where can this love go?

What gives the film its edge is that it hasn’t been made as a romance, rather as an impending tragedy since he keeps trying to push her away on the assumption that she will depart anyway in time.

Great performances and a thoughtful drama.

Star Rating: 4/5