

Dancing on the Elephant
2025-09-13 · Runtime unavailable · Not rated
Faced with a future of chair-xercise and spoon-fed pudding, nursing home friends Nora and Edna attempt to break out of the 'fox farm' and find a life worth sticking around for.
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- Julia Neill, Jacob Z. Smith
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- Canada
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- Released
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Sheila McCarthyNora
Mary WalshEdna
Jordan PooleHenry
Reid PriceRoderick
Sara CampbellMartha
Bob MannEd
Micha CromwellBrittneyTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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