Dancing on the Elephant
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.
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.
Sheila McCarthy
Nora
Mary Walsh
Edna
Jordan Poole
Henry
Reid Price
Roderick
Sara Campbell
Martha
Bob Mann
Ed
Mary Alvena Poole
Phyllis
Kevin Kincaid
Kenny
Shane Harbinson
Doctor
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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