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Mathias Gold (Kevin Kline) 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 (Maggie Smith), who has lived in the apartment with her daughter Chloé (Kristin Scott Thomas) for many years, can by contract collect monthly payments from Mathias until her death.
With no place to go, Mathias strikes a tentative lodging arrangement with Mathilde, instantly clashing with suspicious, lovelorn Chloé over his private dealings with a rapacious property developer, who wants to purchase the apartment. An uneasy détente settles in as the quarreling Mathias and Chloé come to discover a common ground of childhood pain and neglect. As they draw increasingly closer, Mathilde unveils a complex labyrinth of secrets that unites the trio in unexpected ways.
Original Release
09/09/2014
US Release
09/09/2014
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Kevin Kline | Mathias Gold |
Michel 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 / Monsieur Lefebvre |
Kristin Scott Thomas | Chloé Girard |
Christian Rauth | Furniture Dealer |
Delphine Lanson | Femme de Ménage |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Kevin Kline | Mathias Gold |
Michel 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 / Monsieur Lefebvre |
Kristin Scott Thomas | Chloé Girard |
Christian Rauth | Furniture Dealer |
Delphine Lanson | Femme de Ménage |
Noemie Lvovsky | Dr. Florence Horowitz |
Stephane De Groodt | Philippe / Phillippe |
Jean-Christophe Allais | Jean-Christophe |
Jocelyne Vignon | Chef |
Nathalie Bernas | Younger Kissing Couple |
Ghislain De Haut De Sigy | Younger Kissing Couple |
Stéphane Freiss | François Roy |
Laetitia Boetto | Chess Player in Café |
Arnaud Perron | Chess Player in Café |
Colombe Anouilh D'Harcourt | Annoyed Woman in Café |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Israel Horovitz | Executive Producer |
Daniel Battsek | Executive Producer |
Raphaël Benoliel | Executive Producer |
Charles S. Cohen | Executive Producer |
Mike Goodridge | Executive Producer |
Russ Krasnoff | Executive Producer |
Christine Langan | Executive Producer |
Joe Oppenheimer | Executive Producer |
David Atrakchi | Producer |
David-Christophe Barrot | Producer |
Mac Bell | Producer |
Nitsa Benchetrit | Producer |
Gaël Cabouat | Producer |
Gary Foster | Producer |
Rachael Horovitz | Producer |
Boris Mendza | Producer |
Marie Cécile Renauld | Producer |