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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Maggie Smith
Mathilde Girard
Kevin Kline
Mathias Gold
Kristin Scott Thomas
Chloé Girard
Dominique Pinon
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Stéphane De Groodt
Phillippe
Stéphane Freiss
François Roy
Director
Israel Horovitz
Screenplay
Israel Horovitz
Tagline
"He's in the will. She's in the way."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$5,000,000
Revenue
$7,527,232
Production
Deux Chevaux Films, Cohen Media Group, BBC Film, Krasnoff / Foster Entertainment, Protagonist Pictures
CinemaSerf
January 5, 2025
I wish someone would have left me an apartment in Paris's Marais district. A lively and vibrant area of the city with some gorgeous old architecture. I might not have been so enamoured, however, if I'd been left a ninety-two year old woman as a lodger to whom I had to pay €2,400 per month too! That's the viager. An ancient bit of common law that enables someone to effect a sort of sale and leaseba...
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