Elsa & Fred (2014)

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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.

Released: 2014-03-07
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Runtime: 1h 37m
Status: Released
TMDB rating: 5.9/10 from 99 votes

Directed by Michael Radford.

Top cast

Shirley MacLaine as Elsa
Christopher Plummer as Fred
Marcia Gay Harden as Lydia
Wendell Pierce as Armande
Jared Gilman as Michael
Erika Alexander as Laverne
Chris Noth as Jack
Scott Bakula as Raymond
George Segal as John
Reg Rogers as Alec

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Where to watch Elsa & Fred

United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Howdy Amazon Channel; watch free on Kanopy, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV
United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on W4free, YouTube Free; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Fetch TV

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