Penelope premieres Elegy in Spain
Actress Penelope Cruz has premiered her new film Elegy in Spain, alongside Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and his wife.
The movie, based on Philip Roth's short novel The Dying Animal, is about a charismatic and selfish professor who loses his composure when he falls in love with a student half his age.
Cruz plays love interest Consuela Castillo, while Sir Ben Kingsley stars as the insecure professor David Kapesh.
Directed by Spain's Isabel Coixet, she said she had a good working relationship with the book's author.
She said: "I believe the spirit of the book is in the film, as well as Roth's vision of the world. I also think that among all the topics explored in the movie there is also a comment on American puritanism."
The film also stars Debbie Harry, Dennis Hopper and Patricia Clarkson.
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