Elephant Song

Feb 20, 2015

1h 50m

★ 7.1

Overview

A psychiatrist is drawn into a complex mind game when he questions a disturbed patient about the disappearance of a colleague.

Genres

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

Melenny Productions

Elephant Song Trailers

Cast

Dr. Toby Green

Bruce Greenwood

Michael Aleen

Xavier Dolan

Olivia

Carrie-Anne Moss

Dr. Craig Jones

Guy Nadon

Dr. James Lawrence

Colm Feore

Nurse Susan Peterson

Catherine Keener

Florence Da Costa

Gianna Corbisiero

Christelle

Cindy Sampson

Sergeant Taylor

Larry Day

Amy Greene

Melody Godin-Cormier

Jakobus Aleen

Mark Donker

Bruce

Matt Holland

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