IMDb RATING
6.4/10
3.2K
YOUR RATING
A withdrawn senior experiences life in new ways when he begins spending time with the free-spirited woman who lives across the hall.A withdrawn senior experiences life in new ways when he begins spending time with the free-spirited woman who lives across the hall.A withdrawn senior experiences life in new ways when he begins spending time with the free-spirited woman who lives across the hall.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
3.2K
YOUR RATING
- Director
- Writers
- Marcos Carnevale(original screenplay)
- Marcela Guerty(original screenplay)
- Lily Ann Martin(original screenplay)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Marcos Carnevale(original screenplay)
- Marcela Guerty(original screenplay)
- Lily Ann Martin(original screenplay)
- Stars
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
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Deanna Rashell
- Lauraas Laura
- (as Deanna Meske)
- Director
- Writers
- Marcos Carnevale(original screenplay)
- Marcela Guerty(original screenplay)
- Lily Ann Martin(original screenplay)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
"Elsa and Fred" is the story of two people who at the end of the road, discover that it's never too late to love and make dreams come true. Elsa has lived for the past 60 years dreaming of a moment that Fellini had already envisaged: the scene in 'La Dolce Vita' at the Fontana di Trevi. The same scene without Anita Ekberg in it, but with Elsa instead. Without Marcello Mastroianni but with that love that took so long to arrive. Fred has always been a good man who did everything he was supposed to do. After losing his wife, he feels disturbed and confused and his daughter decides that it would be best if he moves into a smaller apartment where he ends meeting Elsa. From that moment on, everything changes. Elsa bursts into his life like a whirlwind, determined to teach him that the time he has left to live -- be it more or less -- is precious and that he should enjoy it as he pleases. Fred surrenders to Elsa's frenzy, to her youth, to her boldness, to her beautiful madness. And this is how Fred learns how to live. When he learns about Elsa's terminal illness, he decides to make her dream come true and takes Elsa to Rome to reenact with her the famous scene at the Fontana di Trevi. —Unknown
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- Taglines
- It's never too late.
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for brief strong language
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaIt is an english language adaptation of a successful Spanish-Argentinian film from 2005 with the same title.
- Quotes
Elsa Hayes: Life is long, and when you've lived so many years, and you do things, and you don't think when you're doing them, that they matter all that much. And then one day you wake up and you realize that you managed quite a bit, and so much so that you can't even remember all of it.
- ConnectionsAlternate-language version of Elsa y Fred (2005)
- SoundtracksShake It
Written by James Longford (ASCAP) and Adam Longlands (BMI)
Performed by James Langford
Courtesy of Cutting Edge Music (Holdings) Limited
Top review
Sweet and adorable movie about love in old age
I saw this movie a couple years ago as a part of a movie cycle on a channel about old people that try great experiences in old age and I had to see this movie because of its leads (Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer). And it left me a bit surprised.
Fred (the late Christopher Plummer) is a cranky old widowed man who loves to life the way always the same way: sleeping and spending afternoons in front of the TV. After he transfers in a new apartment building there is a woman named Elsa (Shirley MacLaine) who, despite being 80, has a lot of dreams and one in particular: to walk in Rome's Trevi Fountain just like Anita Ekberg did in LA DOLCE VITA. With a bit of imagination she gradually succedds in helping Fred staying out of his apartment more and more and eventually she convinces him to pursue her dream of going in Rome and walking in the Trevi Fountain at night.
I enjoyed this movie very much because the two leads were very unique characters. They were not walking stereotypes but older people who still have dreams and refuse to grow old peacefully. Plummer and MacLaine are terrific here and still in top form and they are supported by few big names: Marcia Gay Harden, George Segal, Wendell Pierce and James Brolin as MacLaine's former husband.
It's quite an enjoyable comedy that has even some very funny moments (like when Elsa wants to learn Fred how to dance and they go to a zumba class... and this was by far the funniest scene in the movie) and I recommend it to all despite is a bit obscure today.
Fred (the late Christopher Plummer) is a cranky old widowed man who loves to life the way always the same way: sleeping and spending afternoons in front of the TV. After he transfers in a new apartment building there is a woman named Elsa (Shirley MacLaine) who, despite being 80, has a lot of dreams and one in particular: to walk in Rome's Trevi Fountain just like Anita Ekberg did in LA DOLCE VITA. With a bit of imagination she gradually succedds in helping Fred staying out of his apartment more and more and eventually she convinces him to pursue her dream of going in Rome and walking in the Trevi Fountain at night.
I enjoyed this movie very much because the two leads were very unique characters. They were not walking stereotypes but older people who still have dreams and refuse to grow old peacefully. Plummer and MacLaine are terrific here and still in top form and they are supported by few big names: Marcia Gay Harden, George Segal, Wendell Pierce and James Brolin as MacLaine's former husband.
It's quite an enjoyable comedy that has even some very funny moments (like when Elsa wants to learn Fred how to dance and they go to a zumba class... and this was by far the funniest scene in the movie) and I recommend it to all despite is a bit obscure today.
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- bellino-angelo2014
- Feb 9, 2021
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $285,863
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $65,275
- Nov 9, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $753,975
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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