My Old Lady

A bittersweet, talky chamber piece that unfolds like a stage play, balancing sharp wit with raw emotional confrontations.

Directed by

Israel Horovitz

Genres

Romance, Comedy, Drama

Starring

Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas

Tagline

He's in the will. She's in the way.

Overview

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.

How it feels

Melancholic, warm, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Family, grief, guilt, love

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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