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Elsa y Fred
Elsa y Fred
Directed by	Marcos Carnevale
Written by	Marcos Carnevale; Marcela Guerty; Lily Ann Martin
Produced by	Marcos Carnevale; Carlos Andrada; José Antonio Félez
Starring	Manuel Alexandre; China Zorrilla; Federico Luppi
Cinematography	Juan Carlos Gómez
Edited by	Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Music by	Lito Vitale
Release date	2005
Running time	108 minutes
Countries	Argentina; Spain
Language	Spanish

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Elsa y Fred (Elsa and Fred) is a 2005 Spanish-Argentine film co-production directed by Marcos Carnevale and starring Manuel Alexandre, China Zorrilla and Federico Luppi.

Synopsis

Fred, a recently widowed Spaniard in his 70s who has led a quiet life, retires to an apartment in Madrid. Elsa, a similarly-aged but more colorful Argentinian and a chronic liar, is his neighbor. Fred has no significant health problems but is a hypochondriac. Elsa is seriously ill and undergoing dialysis but hides it from Fred. The two fall in love. Elsa throws Fred into situations the widower would have disapproved of before he met her, making him "live life and not death". Once Fred learns Elsa will probably die, he pays all their expenses for a trip to Rome to fulfill Elsa's lifelong wish of reenacting Fellini's famous scene starring Anita Ekberg and Marcello Mastroianni under the Fontana di Trevi in La dolce vita.

After the trip to Rome, the movie ends with Fred visiting Elsa's grave in Madrid with his grandson. Fred looks at the birthdate on her tombstone and realizes she lied about how old she was and jokingly and affectionately calls her "embustera" (Spanish for "liar").

External links

Elsa y Fred at IMDb

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 == Synopsis ==
-Alfredo "Fred" is an old, recent widower who has led a quiet and repressed life and retires to an apartment in [[Madrid]]. Elsa is an old Argentine lady who happens to be his neighbor. As they fall in love, the two become absorbed with helping out each other in their old age: the dubious Elsa throws herself and Fred into situations the widower would have disapproved of earlier in life and makes him "live life and not death"; whereas Fred decides to grant Elsa's lifelong wish of going to [[Rome]] and performing an imitation of [[Federico Fellini|Fellini's]] famous scene starring [[Anita Ekberg]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] under the [[Fontana di Trevi]] in ''[[La dolce vita]]''.
+Fred, a recently widowed Spaniard in his 70s who has led a quiet life, retires to an apartment in Madrid. Elsa, a similarly-aged but more colorful Argentinian and a chronic liar, is his neighbor. Fred has no significant health problems but is a hypochondriac. Elsa is seriously ill and undergoing dialysis but hides it from Fred. The two fall in love. Elsa throws Fred into situations the widower would have disapproved of before he met her, making him "live life and not death". Once Fred learns Elsa will probably die, he pays all their expenses for a trip to Rome to fulfill Elsa's lifelong wish of reenacting [[Federico Fellini|Fellini's]] famous scene starring [[Anita Ekberg]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] under the [[Fontana di Trevi]] in ''[[La dolce vita]]''.
-After Elsa and Fred visit Rome, Fred is shown visiting Elsa's tomb, as she has died.  He looks at her birthdate and realizes that she lied about how old she was, in which he calls her "embustera" (Spanish for "liar") jokingly, for she frequently lied to him about her life.
+After the trip to Rome, the movie ends with Fred visiting Elsa's grave in Madrid with his grandson. Fred looks at the birthdate on her tombstone and realizes she lied about how old she was and jokingly and affectionately calls her "embustera" (Spanish for "liar").
 ==External links==