My Old Lady

Synopsis

Mathias Gold is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile, he's shocked to discover a live-in tenant who is not prepared to budge. His apartment is a viager—an ancient French real estate system with complex rules pertaining to its resale—and the feisty Englishwoman Mathilde Girard, who has lived in the apartment with her daughter Chloé for many years, can by contract collect monthly payments from Mathias until her death.

Cast

Maggie Smith

Mathilde Girard

Kevin Kline

Mathias Gold

Kristin Scott Thomas

Chloé Girard

Dominique Pinon

Monsieur Lefebvre

Michael Burstin

Rabbi on Bicycle

Elie Wajeman

Man at Gate

Noémie Lvovsky

Dr. Florence Horowitz

Stéphane De Groodt

Phillippe

Stéphane Freiss

François Roy