Elena 12A

Winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize, Elena is a modern twist on the classic noir.

Sixty-somethings Vladimir and Elena uneasily share a palatial Moscow apartment - he’s a still-virile, wealthy businessman; she’s his former nurse who has clearly “married up.” Each have children from earlier marriages. Estranged from his own uncaring daughter, Vladimir openly despises his wife’s son and family as free-loaders. But when a sudden illness and an unexpected reconciliation threaten the dutiful Elena’s potential inheritance, she must hatch a desperate plan…