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.
Maggie Smith
as Mathilde Girard
Kevin Kline
as Mathias Gold
Kristin Scott Thomas
as Chloé Girard
Dominique Pinon
as Monsieur Lefebvre
Michael Burstin
as Rabbi on Bicycle
Elie Wajeman
as Man at Gate
Noémie Lvovsky
as Dr. Florence Horowitz
Stéphane De Groodt
as Phillippe
Stéphane Freiss
as François Roy
