Project Detail

My Old Lady

Name: My Old Lady
Director: Israel Horovitz
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2014

Synopsis

Down-and-out New Yorker Mathias inherits an apartment in Paris from his estranged father, and is stunned to find a refined old lady, Mathilde living there with her very protective daughter. He learns that under French law, he will not actually gain possession of the apartment until Mathilde dies. While desperately trying to sell his contract for the apartment, Mathias discovers that Mathilde and his father were lovers for more than 50 years.

Details

Year: 2014
Type of project: Features
Director: Israel Horovitz
Producer: Rachael Horovitz, Gary Foster, Nitsa Benchetrit, David Barrot
Executive Producer: Charles Cohen, Daniel Batsek, Christine Langan, Joe Oppenheimer
Editor: Jacob Craycroft
Screenwriter: Israel Horovitz
Director of Photography: Michel Amathieu
Production Designer: Pierre-François Limbosch
Composer: Mark Orton
Principal cast: Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Dominique Pinon

Genre

Drama Comedy

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

BBC Films

Zone A, 7th Floor
BBC Broadcasting House
Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA
Tel: +44 (0)20 3614 4445

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www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/

Cohen Media Group

Deux Chevaux Films
FullDawa Films (Production Services)
Krasnoff / Foster Entertainment
Le Premier Productions
Specialty Films (II)

Sales Company

Protagonist Pictures

42 - 48 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 7NB
Tel: + 44 20 7734 9000

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