Elena is at once a portrait, an autobiography and a history of family trauma.

The movie becomes a defiant reversal of that sentiment, an act of creation in the face of death.

A type of cinematic performance art, with all the self-consciousness that suggests - a sibling love story that's no less heartfelt for being in the form of a first-person poem.

Watching Elena is like eavesdropping on two people having a very deep and personal conversation, but not knowing exactly what they're talking about or who they even are.