Elsa y Fred (Elsa and Fred), Movie 2005, Directed by Marcos Carnevale

I just got home from the movies and I have to say I have not been so moved and touched by a movie in recent years. I even would go as far as to say that I have never been as touched by a movie ever before...

The movie is about Elsa, a 77 year old woman and Fred a 76 year old guy. Elsa lives alone and divorced but she always states that her husband died and on the other side there is Fred who recently lost his wife. Fred always did what he had to do in life and when his wife dies movies into the appartment next to Elsa. Elsa is a dialyses patient which means her days are pretty much over but still these two manage to fall in love and Elsa shows Fred what it takes to live, really live no matter how old you are and that it depends on how you feel...

The acting is brilliant in a normal way which means this is not a hollywood movie. The storyline is sweet and never gets cheesy or too much hollywood like...it is like a painting with very decent lines that draw each character.

Overall I have to say this is really one of the sweetest touching and wonderful movies ever made and to be honest you have to see the movie for yourself to really understand what I mean.

The movie also made me reconsider and think about my own life and everything that happens and happened in it so far...not in a good or bad way but just to think...