An American inherits an apartment in Paris that comes with an unexpected resident.
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Mathias, a penniless fifty-odd-year-old New Yorker, lands in Paris. Both cynical and at the end of his tether, he looks forward to selling the mansion house his late father owned in the Marais district. But what he finds out there just appalls him: his secretive dad had never told him he had acquired the property as a life lease, a typically French custom he never heard of. As a consequence, not only will poor Mathias be unable to sell the house into cash (at least as long as Mathilde stays alive) but he will have to pay the old lady a pension into the bargain...! Written by Guy Bellinger
Plot Keywords:
apartment | dysfunctional family | cheating husband | cheating wife | selling an apartment |Taglines:
He's in the will. She's in the way.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for thematic material and some sexual references | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
20 November 2014 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
My Old Lady - Eine Erbschaft in Paris See more »Box Office
Budget:
$5,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$124,680 (USA) (12 September 2014)Gross:
$4,011,530 (USA) (9 January 2015)Company Credits
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(uncredited)
from "Don Giovanni"
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Jane Birkin was originally cast as Chloé Girard, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. She was replaced by Kristin Scott Thomas. See more »Crazy Credits
Midway through the credits, Mathias reveals his final decision on what he will do with the apartment and why. Additionally, after the end credits Mathias asks LeFebvre where he learned to speak English. See more »Soundtracks
La ci darem la mano(uncredited)
from "Don Giovanni"
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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The hero, played by Kevin Kline, appears to be an immature 57 year old obsessed with money. He has inherited an apartment in Paris but can't convert it to cash because an elderly lady, played by Maggie Smith, has a lifetime lease.
Spouse and I agreed that the script was poor and the hero thoroughly unlikable. I was ready to stop watching when he grabbed money from another man's wallet. The clincher was his righteous moralizing to a woman (the old lady's daughter) who was having an affair with a married man.
Was hoping for something with the kind of witty sparkle that Maggie Smith provides in her Downton Abbey role. Instead, just a flat story with little going for it but the beautiful Paris setting.