‘Elisa’ Review: A Murderer’s Psychology is Gravely Examined in a Polished but Hesitant True-Life Drama

When the details of a killing are as grisly as they are in Leonardo di Costanza’s “Elisa,” which concerns a young woman convicted of kidnapping her own sister, keeping her under sedation for days and finally strangling her and setting fire to her body, the temptation to go sensationalist in its retelling must be strong. […]