Elsa & Fred (2005 film)
| 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 |
| Budget | 56780000 |
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
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 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 passed away. 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.
External links
- Elsa y Fred at IMDb
