Plot
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
Crew
Israel Horovitz
Director
Israel Horovitz
Screenplay
Nitsa Benchetrit
Producer
David C. Barrot
Producer
Gary Foster
Producer
Rachael Horovitz
Producer
Mark Orton
Original Music Composer
Michel Amathieu
Director of Photography
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