This movie has received good reviews, about two eldery people who fall in love most improbably. I usually don't like movies about older people who are about to die....but this one eventually grew on me. Elsa is eldery, she makes up stories, lies, exaggerates, but is just the fiesty woman stoddgy old Fred needs. Before long Fred is becoming as adventuous as Elsa. A previous husband of Elsa's visits Fred, tells him, this woman is crazy, she makes things up, she will destroy you. Then Fred asks, is it true she looked like Anita Ekberg, from the movie La Dolce Vita when she was younger? (A claim you almost think is not true, given how old and overweight she now is). Then the ex husband stops, closes his eyes, thinks, and says, yes it is true, when she was young and you walked by, she shook your world. Then he says, I change my mind, don't lose her. Puzzled, Fred continues the relationship. Fred finds out Elsa has kidney disease, is dying. He doesn't tell her he knows. Her dream was always to wade in the fountain like Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita, the Fontana di Trevi, in Roma. He surprises her with tickets, they fly to Rome, they dress up, go out to the fountain. Wait, she says, there has to be a kitten, like in the movie. Fred bribes a conceirge for the use of a kitten. They get to the fountain late at night, Elsa says, I want to feed the kitten milk, like in the movie. Fred somehow finds a jar of milk. Then they recreate the scene from La Dolce vita. She calls out to him, "Marcello, Marcello!" Finally a police officer comes and asks them out. then the film ends - but on a light note. I really liked the whole La Dolce Vita scene - that is a classic scene. Here is a copy of Anita Ekberg for those who don't remember her.
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