Cultural critic and teacher David Kepesh finds his life thrown into tragic disarray by a well-mannered student. Stars Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson and Penelope Cruz. Isabel Coixet is a Spanish writer/director whose internationally acclaimed films include Things I Never Told You (1996), My Life Without Me (2003) and The Secret Life Of Words (2005). Elegy was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, 2008.