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Elie Wajeman

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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. With no place to go, Mathias strikes a tentative lodging arrangement with Mathilde, instantly clashing with suspicious, lovelorn Chloé over his private dealings with a rapacious property developer, who wants to purchase the apartment. An uneasy détente settles in as the quarreling Mathias and Chloé come to discover a common ground of childhood pain and neglect. As they draw increasingly closer, Mathilde unveils a complex labyrinth of secrets that unites the trio in unexpected ways.
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My Old Lady (2014)
Elie Wajeman was born on 21 August 1980 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for The Night Doctor (2020), Aliyah (2012) and Los Angeles (2008).
BornAugust 21, 1980
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      • 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Vincent Macaigne in The Night Doctor (2020)
    The Night Doctor
    6.6
    • Director
    • 2020
    Aliyah (2012)
    Aliyah
    6.0
    • Director
    • 2012
    Los Angeles
    5.9
    Short
    • Director
    • 2008
    Fédo
    • Director

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      Director

      • Le joueur
        • Director
        • Post-production
      • Vincent Macaigne, Lou Lampros, Pauline Lorillard, Sarah Le Picard, Sandor Funtek, and Alexia Chardard in Comète (2026)
        Comète
        5.5
        • Director
        • 2026
      • Daniel Zagury in Insoupçonnable (2024)
        Insoupçonnable
        7.0
        TV Mini Series
        • Director
        • 2024
      • Vincent Macaigne in The Night Doctor (2020)
        The Night Doctor
        6.6
        • Director
        • 2020
      • Mathieu Kassovitz in The Bureau (2015)
        The Bureau
        8.7
        TV Series
        • Director
        • 2016
      • Les anarchistes (2015)
        Les anarchistes
        5.8
        • Director
        • 2015
      • Aliyah (2012)
        Aliyah
        6.0
        • Director
        • 2012
      • Los Angeles
        5.9
        Short
        • Director
        • 2008

      Writer

      • Le joueur
        • Writer
        • Post-production
      • Vincent Macaigne, Lou Lampros, Pauline Lorillard, Sarah Le Picard, Sandor Funtek, and Alexia Chardard in Comète (2026)
        Comète
        5.5
        • screenplay
        • 2026
      • Eva Huault in Shana (2026)
        Shana
        6.6
        • collaborating writer
        • 2026
      • Daniel Zagury in Insoupçonnable (2024)
        Insoupçonnable
        7.0
        TV Mini Series
        • Writer
        • 2024
      • Vincent Macaigne in The Night Doctor (2020)
        The Night Doctor
        6.6
        • Writer
        • 2020
      • Les anarchistes (2015)
        Les anarchistes
        5.8
        • screenplay
        • 2015
      • Aliyah (2012)
        Aliyah
        6.0
        • Writer
        • 2012
      • Los Angeles
        5.9
        Short
        • screenplay
        • 2008
      • The Border
        Short
        • co-written by
        • 2007

      Actor

      • Isabelle Huppert and Roman Kolinka in Things to Come (2016)
        Things to Come
        6.9
        • Copain de Chloé
        • 2016
      • Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Maggie Smith in My Old Lady (2014)
        My Old Lady
        6.4
        • Man at Gate
        • 2014
      • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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      • Born
        • August 21, 1980
        • Paris, France

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