The read
A Balasaur Score of 61 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 61%, Metacritic 52/100. Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
290 audience votes
Key crew
- Israel HorovitzDirector
- Israel HorovitzScreenplay
- Mark OrtonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Maggie SmithMathilde Girard
- Kevin KlineMathias Gold
- Kristin Scott ThomasChloé Girard
- Dominique PinonMonsieur Lefebvre
- Michael BurstinRabbi on Bicycle
- Elie WajemanMan at Gate
- Noémie LvovskyDr. Florence Horowitz
- Stéphane De GroodtPhillippe
- Stéphane FreissFrançois Roy
