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Elsa & Fred

Elsa & Fred

It's Never Too Late.

20146.01h 37m

Overview

After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a friendship with his eccentric 74-year-old neighbour Elsa, who convinces him it's never too late to keep enjoying life. Although he seemed resigned to a miserable bedridden existence, Fred embraces Elsa's youthful enthusiasm as she introduces him to the path of life and entertains him with outlandish stories about her past life. But when he discovers Elsa's terminally ill, Fred decides to accompany her on the trip of her dreams to the eternal city of Rome to help her fulfil a lifelong ambition.

Directed by Michael Radford
Written by Michael Radford, Anna Pavignano, Marcela Guerty
Produced by Nicolas Veinberg, Ricardo Kleinbaum, José Levy
Box OfficeBudget: $10.0M0

Top Cast

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Elsa

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Fred

Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden

Lydia

Wendell Pierce

Wendell Pierce

Armande

Jared Gilman

Jared Gilman

Michael

Erika Alexander

Erika Alexander

Laverne

Chris Noth

Chris Noth

Jack

Scott Bakula

Scott Bakula

Raymond

George Segal

George Segal

John

Reg Rogers

Reg Rogers

Alec

Themes & Keywords

rome, italywidownew orleans, louisianagrandfatherson-in-lawbirthday partylonelinessfalling in loveapartment buildingwidowerdance classcaregiverstubbornnessnext door neighborgrandmotherbased on moviemoving inneighbor neighbor relationshippablo picassoelderly manmature romancemother son relationshipfather daughter relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipcompulsive liargrumpy manelderly womandialysiselderly fatherhome health aidedeadbeat sonla dolce vita

About Elsa & Fred

Elsa & Fred is a drama, comedy, romance film released in 2014 exploring themes of rome, italy, widow, new orleans, louisiana, grandfather, son-in-law, birthday party. Directed by Michael Radford, it stars Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Marcia Gay Harden. After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a friendship with his eccentric 74-year-old neighbour Elsa, who convinces him it's never too late to keep enjoying life. Although he seemed resigned to a miserable bedridden existence, Fred embraces Elsa's youthful enthusiasm as she introduces him to the path of life and entertains him with outlandish stories about her past life. But when he discovers Elsa's terminally ill, Fred decides to accompany her on the trip of her dreams to the eternal city of Rome to help her fulfil a lifelong ambition.

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