My Old Lady (2014)
Directed by Israel Horovitz

Drama / Romance

Film Synopsis

Mathias, a fifty-something New Yorker, divorced and penniless, arrives in Paris to sell the house he has just inherited from his father.  He is surprised to find that the splendid Parisian residence is occupied by a 92-year-old woman, Mathilde, and her daughter Chloé.  Being an American, Mathias has some difficulty understanding that the property has been sold to his father through a viager contract, the upshot of which is that not only is the old woman permitted to stay in the house until the end of her days but Mathias is legally bound to go on paying her an annuity...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Israel Horovitz
  • Script: Israel Horovitz
  • Cinematographer: Michel Amathieu
  • Music: Mark Orton
  • Cast: Kevin Kline (Mathias Gold), Michael Burstin (Rabbi on Bicycle), Elie Wajeman (Man at Gate), Maggie Smith (Mathilde Girard), Raphaële Moutier (Woman on Bicycle), Sophie Touitou (Female Opera Singer), Dominique Pinon (Auguste Lefebvre), Kristin Scott Thomas (Chloé Girard), Christian Rauth (Furniture Dealer), Delphine Lanson (Femme de Ménage), Noémie Lvovsky (Dr. Florence Horowitz), Stéphane De Groodt (Philippe), Jean-Christophe Allais (Jean-Christophe), Jocelyne Bernas (Chef), Nathalie Bernas (Younger Kissing Couple), Ghislain De Haut De Sigy (Younger Kissing Couple), Stéphane Freiss (François Roy), Laetiitia Boetto (Chess Player in Café), Arnaud Perron (Chess Player in Café), Colombe Anouilh D'Harcourt (Annoyed Woman in Café)
  • Country: UK / France / USA
  • Language: English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 107 min

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