Elsa & Fred
“It's Never Too Late.”
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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Cast
34 people
Shirley MacLaine
Elsa
Known for
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Apartment
Christopher Plummer
Fred
Known for
Up
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Marcia Gay Harden
Lydia
Known for
Into the Wild
The Mist
Wendell Pierce
Armande
Known for
The Wire
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Jared Gilman
Michael
Known for
Moonrise Kingdom
Paterson
Erika Alexander
Laverne
Known for
Invasion
Déjà Vu
Chris Noth
Jack
Known for
Sex and the City
Law & Order
Scott Bakula
Raymond
Known for
Star Trek: Enterprise
Quantum Leap
George Segal
John
Known for
The Goldbergs
Look Who's Talking
Reg Rogers
Alec
Known for
Attila
Runaway Bride
James Brolin
Max
Known for
Catch Me If You Can
The Amityville Horror
Jackie Jenkins Jr
Waiter
Michael Radford Director · Anna Pavignano Screenplay Luis Bacalov Composer
Budget $10M · United States release March 7, 2014 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$10,000,000
Production
Riverside Entertainment Group
Production
Rio Negro
Production
Media House Capital
Production
Cuatro Plus Films
Production
Defiant Pictures
Production
Creative Andina
Production
Lotus Entertainment
Production
Sisung Film Finance
Production
Millennium Films
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · March 7, 2014
Theatrical · Miami International Film Festival
Brazil
November 27, 2014 · Theatrical
Canada
September 20, 2014 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 1, 2015 · Digital
Japan
January 31, 2015 · Digital
Portugal
March 26, 2015 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 29, 2015 · Theatrical
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