ELSA & FRED (2014)

SYNOPSIS
“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 Mastroiani but with that love that took so long to arrive. Fred is a bit younger than Elsa and 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.
CAST
Shirley MacLane: Elsa
Christopher Plummer: Fred
AWARDS
-Winner of the International Audience Choice Award in Cinéfest Sudbury
-Nominated to Best Couple in Film in the WFCC Awards
NETWORKS
TECHNICAL DETAILS
- Director:
Michael Radford
Produced by:
Matthias Ehrenberg
Nicolas Veinberg
Jose Levy
Ricardo Kleinbaum
Ed Saxon
Script:
Mike Bell
Michael Radford
Anna Pavignano
Photography:
Michael McDonough
Production Designer:
Stephanie Carroll
Image Designer:
Gary Jones
Editor:
Peter Boyle
Original Score:
Luis Bocalov
Executive Producers:
Rob Weston
Ángel Losada Moreno
Osvaldo Ríos - Associate Producers:
Gonzalo Barrutieta
José Alverde
Rosa María Losada
Braulio Arsuaga
Glen Himes
Rogelio Himes
Carlos García de Paredes
Patricia Riggen
Cesar Canavati
Luigi Mira
Eduardo Zarazùa
Line Producer:
Carsten Lorenz
1st AD:
Artist W Robinson
Production Company:
Cuatro Plus Films LLC
Río Negro Producciones
Defiant Pictures
Foreign Sales Agent:
Creative Andina
Inferno Distribution