Inheriting a Paris Apartment with an Unmovable Tenant in the Film “My Old Lady”
The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 8, 2014
Playwright Israel Horovitz talks about adapting his play for the screen and directing “My Old Lady.” He’s joined by Kevin Kline, who stars in it. He plays a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France to sell it, he discovers tenant living there who will not budge. Mathilde, a feisty Englishwoman (played by Maggie Smith) has lived there with her daughter Chloé (played by Kristin Scott Thomas) for many years. Mathilde unveils a complex labyrinth of secrets that unites the trio in unexpected ways. "My Old Lady" opens September 10 at AMC Lincoln Square, City Cinema 123, Chelsea 9 and the Angelika.
