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My Old Lady
My Old Lady

My Old Lady

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

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RomanceComedyDrama

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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.

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Budget

$5000000

Revenue

$7527232

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

107 mins

Rating

6.21/10

Release Date

09 September 2014

Country

France

Cast

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

Mathilde Girard

Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline

Mathias Gold

Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin Scott Thomas

Chloé Girard

Dominique Pinon

Dominique Pinon

Monsieur Lefebvre

Michael Burstin

Michael Burstin

Rabbi on Bicycle

Elie Wajeman

Elie Wajeman

Man at Gate

Noémie Lvovsky

Noémie Lvovsky

Dr. Florence Horowitz

Stéphane De Groodt

Stéphane De Groodt

Phillippe

Stéphane Freiss

Stéphane Freiss

François Roy

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