My Old Lady
- Screening Dates: 24th September, 8pm // 1st October, 6pm
- Starring: Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas
- Directed by: Israel Horovitz
- Running time: 107 minutes
- Rating: PG13
- Language: English, French
Synopsis:
Matthias (Kevin Kline) is a penniless New Yorker, after 3 divorces. When his estranged father’s dies, Matthias inherits an apartment in Paris, and plans to sell it quickly and start a new life back in the US. Arriving in Paris he discovers a refined old lady Mathilde (Maggie Smith) living in the apartment with her daughter Chloe (Scott Thomas). He learns that the apartment is a “viager” – an old French system for buying and selling apartments, – and that he will not get possession until Mathilde dies . . . .