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Elsa & Fred (2014)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7 November 2014 (USA)

"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.

Director: Michael Radford

Writers: Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford

Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Marcia Gay Harden
Transcript
00:00You
00:06Why don't people always so pissed off who's pissed off other than you I'm not
00:14Hello, I'm Elsa, I'm Elsa Hayes I live in the apartment a right around the corner
00:21Fred the path to life is long who says that candy mother Teresa of Calcutta Rocky Balboa
00:30It's baby steps one step after the other. I'd like to go home. I don't like parks
00:39Where are you taking me you trust me or not?
00:41No, Robin is blind on the count of three. We're gonna get up
00:49Have you seen the old couple they were sitting on table five
00:52I
00:54Guess that's me when I was young. We look quite a bit alike. I told Fred I was a widow mom
01:03Don't make the same mistake I made she confuses reality with her imagination
01:08She lives in this dream world. You know what Pablo said to me Pablo who Picasso, you know
01:13He said what you should do is mock death and then she will be afraid of you
01:22Good evening
01:31I never did understand when friendship ends in love
01:35She's not good for you. Look at you. You're all red. So I'm red. So what what would you prefer green blue?
01:42The fact that even you have a love life gives me hope for my future why can't I have a love life
01:51I
01:58Do you think what can I say?
02:02Tell me did you have anything to drink tonight or eat any rich foods experience any strong emotions all of the above in under two
02:10hours
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