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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Coincidentally, I just watched a movie, "Elena" this week.  It is an interesting film about this very subject - what happens when two people from differing socio-economic backgrounds marry and what happens to their children and grandchildren.

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That's not what the Elena movie is about at all.[/quote]

Oh then tell us what it IS about, wise one.  You must know more than film critics and audiences.

"Elena is a woman with a proletarian background who meets Vladimir, an elderly business tycoon, in a hospital when she is his nurse. This meeting eventually results in their marriage. Her social position and social rank are substantially increased by the marriage to such a wealthy man.

Elena's son from a previous marriage is poor and wants money from Vladimir to send his 17-year-old son to university, keeping him out of the compulsory military service. Her son and his family live in a crumbling apartment in the industrial suburb. After being approached by Elena, Vladimir makes it clear that he is not going to subsidize Elena's relatives, and informs her that he plans to make amendments to his will, leaving his wealth to his only daughter from an earlier marriage..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_(2011_film)

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"The problem with this happy and workable arrangement is that each spouse detests the other's grownup child from a previous marriage. Vladimir's daughter Katya (Elena Lyadova) is a spoilt party animal who sneers at her indulgent dad; Elena's son Sergei (Alexei Rozin) is a feckless waster who keeps producing kids and thinks of his mum's marriage as his meal ticket. Vladimir has not yet written his will, and a crisis ensues." https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/oct/25/elena-review

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"Both have children. Elena's son, Sergei (Alexey Rozin), is a dissolute layabout with an obnoxious son named Sasha (Igor Ogurtsov). He doesn't love Elena and who knows what she feels for him, but she brings them money from Vladimir. Vladimir has a daughter named Katya (Elena Lyadova), who has no purpose in life other than to be supported by her doting father." https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/elena-2012

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