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My Old Lady

Posted on April 15, 2015July 15, 2020 by Village Vidiot

  “My Old Lady,” April 15 2015 (2014), DVD.  We enjoyed this very well acted stage play-become film written by Israel Horowitz about an American man (Kevin Kline) who inherits an apartment in Paris with an entailed viager or former owner (Maggie Smith) and her daughter (Kristen Scott Thomas). First rate acting from this trio of thespians as the layers are peeled back from a history no one truly knows at the start. There are gaps in the structure and a rushed quality to parts to arrange resolution, but it is, nonetheless well worth watching if only to see the three of them work off each other. And three cheers for the wonderful French supporting cast. Paris itself should receive an acting credit, but I doubt the city is Equity. I also enjoyed the interview with Horowitz and Kline about the making of the film

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