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MY OLD LADY, STARRING ACADEMY AWARD® WINNERS, MAGGIE SMITH AND KEVIN KLINE AND ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS HITS HOME ENTERTAINMENT ON FEBRUARY 3!
January 20, 2015, Toronto, Ontario – D Films will release Israel Horovitz’s new dramedy My Old Lady on home entertainment on February 3, 2015. The film had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and features an all-star cast including Academy Award® winners Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey) and Kevin Kline (Last Vegas) and Academy Award® nominee Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient).
My Old Lady tells the story of Mathias Gold (Kevin Kline), a down-and-out New Yorker who travels to Paris to liquidate a huge and valuable apartment he has inherited from his estranged father. When he reaches his apartment in Paris he finds Mathilde Girard (Maggie Smith), a refined old lady living in the apartment with her daughter, Chloe (Kristin Scott Thomas). He then discovers the romantic history between Mathilde and his father, a romance that lasted over half a century.
Making his feature film directorial debut is Israel Horovitz, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. Horovitz is the most produced American playwright in French theatre history and has recently been decorated as Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France’s highest honour for foreign artists. He has written over 70 plays that have been translated and performed in more than 30 languages worldwide. Horovitz has also written numerous award winning screenplays including The Strawberry Statement, which took the jury prize at Cannes in 1970, the Al Pacino comedy Author! Author! and Sunshine, the winner of the 1999 European Film Award for Best Screenplay.
Rachael Horovitz of Specialty Films teamed with French producers Raphael Benoliel, Nitsa Benchetrit and David Barrot to produce. The film is also co-produced by Marie-Cecile Renauld.
My Old Lady was released theatrically on October 3, 2014.
About D Films:
D Films is a privately held Canadian independent distribution company. Founded in 2009, D Films has acquired a library of 51 films to date.
Upcoming releases from D Films include Cake, the highly anticipated drama starring Jennifer Aniston, Sam Worthington and Academy Award® nominees Anna Kendrick, William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman on January 23, 2015. Other upcoming releases include Black or White, a heartfelt drama starring Academy Award® winners Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer on January 30, 2015 and Welcome to Me, a dark comedy starring Academy Award® nominee Kristin Wiig, Academy Award® winner Tim Robbins, James Marsden, Wes Bentley, Joan Cusack, Linda Cardellini and Jennifer Jason Leigh in May 2015. Welcome to Me is produced by comedy legends Will Ferrell and Adam MacKay.
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