Elsa & Fred

2014

97 min

5.9

Ends at

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.

Budget

$10,000,000

Genre

Drama, Comedy, Romance

Director

Michael Radford

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Shirley MacLaine

Christopher Plummer

Marcia Gay Harden

Wendell Pierce

Jared Gilman

Erika Alexander

Chris Noth

Scott Bakula

George Segal

Reg Rogers

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Elsa & Fred

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.

  • Shirley MacLaine

  • Christopher Plummer

  • Marcia Gay Harden

  • Wendell Pierce

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