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For Elena, existence is a struggle — not only is she battling a body affected by Parkinson's, but her daughter has just passed away, and only she finds the idea of suicide absurd. Elena is not a good victim, nor does she show signs of being a selfless mother. She is vulnerable, yet also consumed by anger and grief, and this stubbornness seems to make her invincible in the face of all difficulties. But investigating her daughter's death quickly becomes a journey through memory, and, as we have known since Greek tragedy, every investigation, in essence, is an investigation of oneself. *Elena Knows* immerses us in the protagonist's physical and mental experience, while inviting us to ask ourselves unsettling questions about aging, the complexities of mother-daughter relationships, and the weight of the tasks that women like Elena carry on their shoulders.