Movie

Elsa & Fred

2005 · 108 min

A gentle, bittersweet late-life romance that coaxes you into smiling through its quiet sadness and small reckless joys.

Overview: When the retired seventy-seven years old hypochondriac widower Fred moves to an apartment in Madrid, his temperamental daughter Cuca has an incident with his next door neighbor, the elder Argentinean Elsa. Later, they meet each other and Elsa seduces Fred with her reckless behavior and view of life and they have a romance.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, whimsical and romantic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Love, aging, death, healing
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
aging
death
healing
family
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild