...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

My Old Lady

128 statements
24 feature instances
1 referencing feature instances

My Old Lady	type	TVTItem
My Old Lady	label	My Old Lady
My Old Lady	page	MyOldLady
My Old Lady	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })My Old Lady is a 2014 British/French/American dramedy film directed by Israel Horovitz as his directorial debut. The film stars Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline, and Kristin Scott Thomas.Mathias Gold — a cynical, a down-on-his-luck New Yorker and former alcoholic — travels to Paris to sell a large, valuable apartment he inherited from his estranged father. However, he discovers an old woman, Mathilde, living in the apartment with her daughter Chloe. Mathias learns that the apartment is a "viager" — an ancient French system for buying and selling apartments — and that he will not actually get possession of the apartment until the day Mathilde dies… and that he owes her a pension of €2400 a month. Apparently, his father failed to mentioned this.Flat broke and with no place to go, Mathilde allows him to stay in the apartment as long as he pays the rent. All the while, he butts heads with Chloe, who makes it clear that he is not welcome in her home. But the situation take a sudden turn when Mathilde unveils a secret, and how Mathias will handle this revelation.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
My Old Lady	fetched	2022-05-19T09:57:36Z
My Old Lady	parsed	2022-05-19T09:57:36Z
My Old Lady	isPartOf	DBTropes
My Old Lady / int_10ea80be	type	Grade System Snark
My Old Lady / int_10ea80be	comment	Grade System Snark: In the end, as he begins the process of healing, Mathias acknowledges that his father did a good thing to send him to Paris. However, he still gives his father a three on a scale of one-hundred.
My Old Lady / int_10ea80be	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_10ea80be	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_10ea80be
My Old Lady / int_25bc8511	type	Generation Xerox
My Old Lady / int_25bc8511	comment	Generation Xerox: Chloe is having an affair with a family man. Her mother and Mathias' father carried on a lengthy affair.
My Old Lady / int_25bc8511	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_25bc8511	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_25bc8511
My Old Lady / int_32768814	type	Kick the Son of a Bitch
My Old Lady / int_32768814	comment	Kick the Son of a Bitch: Mathias blackmails Chloe, threatening to reveal the affair to her lover's wife.
My Old Lady / int_32768814	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_32768814	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_32768814
My Old Lady / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
My Old Lady / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: Mrs. Gold committed suicide right in front of Mathias. The effects were lasting.
My Old Lady / int_34dcfc96	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_34dcfc96	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_34dcfc96
My Old Lady / int_37cb353b	type	Ate His Gun
My Old Lady / int_37cb353b	comment	Ate His Gun: How Mrs. Gold killed herself.
My Old Lady / int_37cb353b	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_37cb353b	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_37cb353b
My Old Lady / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
My Old Lady / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Chloe and Mathias get together. However, they still have their issues to deal with, and Mathilde never really pays for her actions.
My Old Lady / int_40cc0c7e	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_40cc0c7e	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_40cc0c7e
My Old Lady / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
My Old Lady / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: Inevitable. This is Paris.
My Old Lady / int_49d59be9	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_49d59be9	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_49d59be9
My Old Lady / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
My Old Lady / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: "Your father and I were lovers...since I was 29." From here on, the film shifts gears, and the drama kicks in.
My Old Lady / int_4e7c4536	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_4e7c4536	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_4e7c4536
My Old Lady / int_52488c54	type	Drowning My Sorrows
My Old Lady / int_52488c54	comment	Drowning My Sorrows: Mathias (a former alcoholic) takes up drinking again when he finds out that his father was having an affair with Mathilde.
My Old Lady / int_52488c54	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_52488c54	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_52488c54
My Old Lady / int_72e1bd14	type	Bungled Suicide
My Old Lady / int_72e1bd14	comment	Bungled Suicide: Mathias cut his wrists at the age of forty and ended up in the hospital. His mother attempted suicide 10 to 15 times and ultimately succeeded.
My Old Lady / int_72e1bd14	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_72e1bd14	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_72e1bd14
My Old Lady / int_771f6307	type	Brother–Sister Incest
My Old Lady / int_771f6307	comment	Brother–Sister Incest: Thankfully subverted. Chloe's mother and Mathias' father carried on a lengthy affair, and as result they are afraid of being siblings, since they discover the affair after they are already in a relationship. They aren't.
My Old Lady / int_771f6307	featureApplicability	-0.3
My Old Lady / int_771f6307	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_771f6307
My Old Lady / int_77ed6b7d	type	Troubling Unchildlike Behavior
My Old Lady / int_77ed6b7d	comment	Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: As a child, Mathias once resorted to self-harm to distract his mother from killing herself.
My Old Lady / int_77ed6b7d	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_77ed6b7d	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_77ed6b7d
My Old Lady / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
My Old Lady / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Mathias gives Mathilde a few of these after she admits that she was having an affair with his father. He also gives one to Chloe when he confronts her about her affair with Phillipe. She later takes this to heart and ends the affair.
My Old Lady / int_7d89315b	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_7d89315b	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_7d89315b
My Old Lady / int_973d220f	type	Never My Fault
My Old Lady / int_973d220f	comment	Never My Fault: Mathilde never seems to own up to the fact that Mathias and Chloe's unhappiness is the result of her affair with Max. Subverted, however, by her reaction to Mathias' accusations, she might simply be in denial. And she collapses when Mathias tells her that his mother killed herself, revealing that Max lied to her, saying his wife died of an illness.
My Old Lady / int_973d220f	featureApplicability	-0.3
My Old Lady / int_973d220f	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_973d220f
My Old Lady / int_98d3f973	type	Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe
My Old Lady / int_98d3f973	comment	Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: Mathias and Chloe suspect that they are brother and sister after discovering that her mother and his father carried an affair. Which causes… problems, since Mathias and Chloe are themselves in a relationship with each other. Her mother, Mathilde, denies it at first… before admitting that she doesn't know. In the end, Mathias gets a DNA test, proving that they are in fact "NOT family", putting an end to the drama.
My Old Lady / int_98d3f973	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_98d3f973	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_98d3f973
My Old Lady / int_a54534a0	type	Parental Neglect
My Old Lady / int_a54534a0	comment	Parental Neglect: Max obliviously didn't win "Dad of the Year" Award. Chloe claims that her father had no love for her because he thought she wasn't his daughter.
My Old Lady / int_a54534a0	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_a54534a0	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_a54534a0
My Old Lady / int_b0bce7aa	type	Selective Obliviousness
My Old Lady / int_b0bce7aa	comment	Selective Obliviousness: Mathilde doesn't seem to realize that her affair made Chloe's childhood miserable or that her lover was a ousy father and a jerkass husband.
My Old Lady / int_b0bce7aa	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_b0bce7aa	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_b0bce7aa
My Old Lady / int_b4a6ae4c	type	Everyone Has Standards
My Old Lady / int_b4a6ae4c	comment	Everyone Has Standards: Mathias isn't exactly a paragon of virtue, but he definitely thinks that infidelity is a no-no.
My Old Lady / int_b4a6ae4c	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_b4a6ae4c	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_b4a6ae4c
My Old Lady / int_bb18a227	type	It's All About Me
My Old Lady / int_bb18a227	comment	It's All About Me: Mathias is definitely this in his quest to sell the apartment. However, the apartment is his, and he honestly needs the money. Mathilde seems to believe that her affair was a-okay because she stayed in her marriage and provided a home for her daughter. She admits that she stayed in her marriage because her husband was more successful, and it seemed to be the better plan.
My Old Lady / int_bb18a227	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_bb18a227	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_bb18a227
My Old Lady / int_d08595d3	type	Broken Bird
My Old Lady / int_d08595d3	comment	Broken Bird: Both Mathias and Chloe, thanks to the neglect of their parents. No wonder they fall for each other in the end.
My Old Lady / int_d08595d3	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_d08595d3	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_d08595d3
My Old Lady / int_d2b59903	type	Cool Old Lady
My Old Lady / int_d2b59903	comment	Cool Old Lady: Subverted with Mathilde. It's hard to think of her this way after she reveals her deluded attitude towards Mathias and Chloes' trauma and misery.
My Old Lady / int_d2b59903	featureApplicability	-0.3
My Old Lady / int_d2b59903	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_d2b59903
My Old Lady / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
My Old Lady / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: Mathias calls Chloe out on her affair with Phillipe, a married man with two children. Later, he mercilessly tears into Mathilde when he finds out about her affair with his father.
My Old Lady / int_d39e327f	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_d39e327f	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_d39e327f
My Old Lady / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
My Old Lady / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: Max Gold. Let's see... cheated on his wife for the entirety of their marriage, neglected his family...oh, and he didn't bother to visit Mathias in the hospital (due a suicide attempt no less!) and he was only six blocks away! Can somebody say asshole? However, he immediately stopped seeing Mathilde after his wife committed suicide, and only spoke to her through letters.
My Old Lady / int_eb8ec7c8	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_eb8ec7c8	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_eb8ec7c8
My Old Lady / int_name	type	ItemName
My Old Lady / int_name	comment
My Old Lady / int_name	featureApplicability	1.0
My Old Lady / int_name	featureConfidence	1.0
My Old Lady	hasFeature	My Old Lady / int_name
My Old Lady / int_name	itemName	My Old Lady

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

My Old Lady

hasFeature

Films of 2010â€“2014 / int_acebc60b

Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.