History Film / MyOldLady

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Mathias blackmails Chloe, threatening to reveal the affair to her lover's wife.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Mathias is definitely this in his quest to sell the apartment. However, the apartment ''is'' his, and he honestly needs the money. [[spoiler: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 [[GoldDigger her husband was more sucessful]], and it seemed to be the better plan.]]

'''Mattias:''' The guy in the restaurant. He looked familiar. I think I saw him duck into a hotel with you the other day. But today he didn't seem quite so happy to see you, [[YourCheatingHeart what with the wife and all, the kids.]]\\

* YourCheatingHeart: Discussed - The major theme of the film is the long-reaching effects of adultery, especially when it comes to the most innocent party of the situation… ''the children''.

''My Old Lady'' is a 2014 British/French/American {{dramedy}} film directed by Israel Horovitz as his directorial debut. The film stars Creator/MaggieSmith, Creator/KevinKline, and Kristin Scott Thomas.

* ScenerPorn: Inevitable. This ''is'' UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}.

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, [[BelligerentSexualTension 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: [[spoiler: she and Mathias' father had been carrying on [[YourCheatingHeart an affair]] until the day his mother died]]. How will Mathias handle this revelation?

* BittersweetEnding: Chloe and Mathias get together. [[spoiler:However, they still have their issues to deal with, and Mathilde [[KarmaHoudini never really pays for her actions]].]]

%%* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: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.]]

* CoolOldLady: {{Subverted|Trope}} with Mathilde. [[spoiler:It's hard to think of her this way after she reveals [[ItsAllAboutMe her deluded attitude]] [[SelectiveObliviousness towards]] [[NoSympathy Mathias and Chloes' trauma and misery]].]]

! Tropes (spoiler warning!)

* [[spoiler: {{Ate His Gun}}]]: [[spoiler: How Mrs. Gold killed herself.]]
* {{Bittersweet Ending}}: Chloe and Mathias get together. [[spoiler: However, they still have their issues to deal with, and Mathilde [[KarmaHoudini never really pays for her actions]].]]
* {{Broken Bird}}: Both Mathias and Chloe, [[MissingDad thanks]] [[ParentalNeglect to]] [[YourCheatingHeart their]] [[DrivenToSuicide parents]]. No wonder they [[LonelyTogether fall for each]] [[BirdsOfAFeather other in the end.]]
* [[spoiler: {{Brother Sister Incest}}]]: [[spoiler: Thankfully Subverted]]
* {{Cool Old Lady}}: Mathilde. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] It's hard to think of her this way after she reveals [[ItsAllAboutMe her deluded attitude]] [[SelectiveObliviousness towards]] [[NoSympathy Mathias and Chloes' trauma and misery]].]]
* {{Daddy Issues}} / {{Mommy Issues}}
* {{Dark And Troubled Past}}
* {{Deadpan Snarker}}: Mathias in spades.
* {{December December Romance}}: Mathias and Chloe
* [[spoiler: {{Driven To Suicide}}]]: [[spoiler: Mathias' mother.]]
** {{Bungled Suicide}}: Mathias cut his wrists at the age of forty and ended up in the hospital. [[spoiler: His mother attempted suicide 10 to 15 times and ultimately succeeded.]]
* {{Drowning My Sorrows}}: Mathias (a former alcoholic) takes up drinking again [[spoiler: when he finds out that his father was having an affair with Mathilde]].

--> '''Mathias (to a passing couple)''': Bonsoir. The end of my wagonhood. Cheers.

* {{Dysfunctional Family}}: ''Oh dear.''
* {{Everyone Has Standards}}: Mathias isn't exactly a paragon of virtue, but he definitely thinks that infidelity is a no-no.
* {{Generation Xerox}}: Chloe is having an affair with a family man. [[spoiler: Her mother and Mathias' father carried on a lengthy affair.]]
* {{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.
* {{Its 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. [[spoiler: 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 [[GoldDigger her husband was more sucessful]], and it seemed to be the better plan.]]
* {{Jerk With A Heart Of Gold}}: Mathias and Chloe. [[spoiler: And Mathilde too.]]
** {{Jerkass Woobie}}: When it's all said and done, Matthias and Chloe are both sad human beings [[spoiler: with a childhood scarred by [[ItsAllAboutMe their parents' selfish behavior]].]]
* {{Jerkass}}: '''MAX GOLD'''. [[spoiler: 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?]]
** [[spoiler: [[HeelRealization However, he immediately stopped seeing Mathilde after his wife committed suicide]] and only spoke to her through letters.]]
* {{Kick The Dog}}: [[spoiler: Mrs. Gold committed suicide right in front of Mathias. [[BrokenBird The effects were lasting]].]]
* {{Kick The Son Of A Bitch}}: Mathias blackmails Chloe, threatening to reveal the affair to her lover's wife.
* {{Love Hurts}}
* [[spoiler: {{Mamas Baby Papas Maybe}}]]: [[spoiler: Mathias and Chloe suspect that they are brother and sister. Which causes… [[BrotherSisterIncest problems]]. Mathilde denies it at first… but admits that she doesn't know. In the end, Mathias gets a [[DaddyDNATest DNA test]], proving that they are in fact "NOT family", putting an end to the drama.]]
* {{Never My Fault}}: Mathilde never seems to own up to the fact [[spoiler: that Mathias and Chloe's unhappiness is the result of her affair with Max. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] - However, by her reaction to Mathias' accusations, she might simply be in denial. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone 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.]]
* {{Parental Neglect}}: Max obliviously didn't win "Dad Of the Year" Award. [[spoiler: Chloe claims that her father had no love for her because [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe he thought she wasn't his daughter]].]]
* {{The Reason You Suck Speech}}: Mathias gives Mathilde a few of these after [[spoiler: 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 [[HeelRealization takes this to heart]] and ends the affair.

--> '''Matthias''': So, uh, tell me. Who's the guy in the restaurant?\\
'''Chloe''': [[FlatWhat What?]]\\
'''Mattias''': The guy in the restaurant. He looked familiar. I think I saw him duck into a hotel with you the other day. But today he didn't seem quite so happy to see you, [[YourCheatingHeart what with the wife and all, the kids.]]\\
'''Chloe''': How dare you!\\
'''Mathias''': [[WhatTheHellHero Oh, I dare!]] [[HypocrisyNod You give me all that holier-than-thou crap about family and tradition, and you're doing the hoopie with somebody's husband, some kid's dad?]] And I'm a heartless bastard because I want to sell an apartment?\\
'''Chloe''': This is not your affair.\\
'''Mathias''': Oh. [[DeadpanSnarker Good choice of words]].

--> [[spoiler: '''Mathilde''': [[ItsAllAboutMe What went on between your father and me concerned nobody but us]]. [[RuleofThree We were discreet. We were cautious.We were considerate.]]\\
'''Mathias''': [[SarcasmMode I-I don't wish to cloud your delusions in any way]], Mrs. G, but [[YourCheatingHeart what went on between you and my father…]] [[BreakTheCutie concerned me and your daughter quite significantly.]] You were hardly discreet, not at all cautious. And considerate? Hmm. Well, uh-- In view of the [[BungledSuicide 10 to 15 suicide failures of my mother…]] and the ultimate suicide success, I just don't see how the word "considerate" fits in, exactly.]]

* {{Scenery Porn}}: Inevitable. This '''IS''' UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}.
* {{Selective Obliviousness}}: Mathilde doesn't seem to realize [[spoiler: that her affair made Chloe's childhood miserable or that her lover was a [[MissingDad lousy father]] and a jerkass husband.]]
* {{There Are No Therapists}}: Averted. It just didn't work.
* {{Troubling Unchildlike Behavior}}: [[spoiler: As a child, Mathias once resorted to '''self-harm''' to distract his mother from killing herself.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Chloe is a type A to Mathias.
* {{Well Done Son Guy}}: Mathias towards his father…
* {{Wham Line}}: [[spoiler: ''"Your father and I were lovers...since I was 29."'']] From here on, [[WhamEpisode the film shifts gears, and the drama kicks in.]]
* {{What The Hell Hero}}: Mathias calls Chloe out on her affair with Phillipe, a married man with two children. [[spoiler: Later, he mercilessly tears into Mathilde when he finds out about her affair with his father.]]
* {{Your Cheating Heart}}: Discussed - The major theme of the film is the long-reaching effects of adultery, especially when it comes to the most innocent party of the situation… ''the children''.

-> ''If you do not love me I shall not be loved.''
-->- Creator/SamuelBeckett

''My Old Lady'' is a British/French/American ComedyDrama film directed by Israel Horovitz as his directorial debut. The film stars Creator/MaggieSmith, Creator/KevinKline, and Kristin Scott Thomas.

* {{Scenery Porn}}: Inevitable. This '''IS''' {{Paris}}.

* {{Paris}}

* {{Jerkass}}: '''MAX GOLD'''. [[spoiler: 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?]]]

* {{Jerkass}}: '''MAX GOLD'''. [[spoiler: [[HeelRealization However, he immediately stopped seeing Mathilde after his wife committed suicide]] and only spoke to her through letters.]]

* {{Parental Neglect}}: Max obliviously didn't win "Dad Of the Year" Award. [[spoiler: Chloe claims that her father had no love for her because [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe he thought she wasn't his daughter]]. The DaddyDNATest must not have been invented yet.]]

* [[spoiler: {{Mamas Baby Papas Maybe}}]]: [[spoiler: Mathias and Chloe suspect that they are brother and sister. Which causes… [[BrotherSisterIncest problems]]. Mathilde denies it at first… but admits 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.]]

* {{Parental Neglect}}: Max obliviously didn't win "Dad Of the Year" Award. [[spoiler: Chloe claims that her father had no love for her because [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe he thought she wasn't his daughter]].]]

* {{Jerkass}}: '''MAX GOLD'''. [[spoiler: [[HeelRealization He stopped seeing Mathilde after his wife committed suicide]] and only spoke to her through letters.]]

* {{Never My Fault}}: Mathilde never seems to own up to the fact [[spoiler: that Mathias and Chloe's unhappiness is the result of her affair with Max. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]- However, by her reaction to Mathias accusations, she might just be in self-denial. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone 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.]]

'''Mathias''': [[SarcasmMode I-I don't wish to cloud your delusions in any way]], Mrs. G, but [[YourCheatingHeart what went on between you and my father…]] concerned me and your daughter quite significantly. You were hardly discreet, not at all cautious. And considerate? Hmm. Well, uh-- In view of the [[BungledSuicide 10 to 15 suicide failures of my mother…]] and the ultimate suicide success, I just don't see how the word "considerate" fits in, exactly.]]

* {{Never My Fault}}: Mathilde never seems to own up to the fact [[spoiler: that Mathias and Chloe's unhappiness is the result of her affair with Max. However, by her reaction to Mathias accusations, she might just be in self-denial.]]

* {{Cool Old Lady}}: Mathilde. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] It's hard to think of her this way after she reveals [[ItsAllAboutMe her deluded attitude]] [[SelectiveObliviousness towards]] [[NoSympathy Mathias and Chloes' trauma and misery]].]]

* {{Grade System Snark}}: In the end, as he begins the process of healing, Mathias gives his father a '''three''' on a scale of one-hundred.
* {{Its All About Me}}: [[spoiler: Mathilde seems to believe that her affair was a-okay because she stayed in her marriage and provided a home for her daughter. It's also implied that she stayed in her marriage because [[GoldDigger her husband had more money]].]]

* {{Tsundere}}: Chloe is a type A to Mathias

* [[spoiler: {{Driven To Suicide}}]]: Mathias' mother.

* {{Deadpan Snarker}}: Mathias in spades.

* {{Parental Neglect}}: Max obliviously didn't win "Dad Of the Year" Award. [[spoiler: Chloe claims that her father had no love for her because[[MamasBabyPapasMaybe he thought she wasn't his daughter]].]]