Madame is a 2017 French comedy-drama film directed by Amanda Sthers. The film is a satire of the class divide in today's Paris.
| Madame | |
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| Directed by | Amanda Sthers |
| Written by | Amanda Sthers |
| Produced by | Cyril Colbeau-Justin Jean-Baptiste Dupont Didier Lupfer Alain Pancrazi |
| Starring | Harvey Keitel Toni Collette Rossy de Palma |
| Cinematography | Régis Blondeau |
| Edited by | Nicolas Chaudeurge |
| Music by | Matthieu Gonet |
Production companies | Paris-based LGM StudioCanal |
| Distributed by | StudioCanal |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Languages | English French |
| Budget | $5.5 million [1] |
| Box office | $5.4 million [2] |
Plot
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Anne and Bob, an American couple living in Paris, organize a dinner party and invite ten friends. Bob's son with another mother arrives by surprise and the total number of guests is now 13. The superstitious Anne asks her maid, Maria, to pretend to be a rich Spanish friend and join the table. Maria meets David, a well to do Irish art scholar. Bob’s son, who is not a fan of his stepmother Anne, tells David that Maria is actually royalty but will not admit it. They both like each other and start a relationship. When David tells Maria he knows who she really is, she believes he knows she is a maid. Anne is furious when she learns her maid has entered a relationship with David. Anne, who is also having an affair with her husband friend is not ashamed of her own classism, is herself worried that she has outgrown her role as a younger wife and takes the blooming relationship with her friend and maid personally.
Cast
edit- Harvey Keitel as Bob Fredericks
- Toni Collette as Anne Fredericks
- Rossy de Palma as Maria
- Michael Smiley as David Morgan
- Brendan Patricks as Toby
- Sonia Rolland as Marinette
- Stanislas Merhar as Antoine Bernard
- Sue Cann as Mandy
- Tom Hughes as Steven Fredericks
- Joséphine de La Baume as Fanny
- Ginnie Watson as Jane Millerton
- Tim Fellingham as Michael
- Violaine Gillibert as Hélène Bernard
- Alex Vizorek as Jacques
- Ariane Seguillon as Josiane
- Salomé Partouche as Gabriella
Production
editThe film started shooting in Paris on 20 July 2016 for six weeks.[3][4]
Reception
editOn review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 44% based on 36 reviews, and an average rating of 5.42/10. The website's critics consensus reads "Madame's retrograde trappings are further weighted down by unlikable characters and an overall inability to do justice to its themes."[5] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 45 out of 100, based on six critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[6]
References
edit- ^ JP. "Madame". JP's Box Office. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Madame". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (20 July 2016). "Harvey Keitel, Toni Collette join Parisian comedy 'Madame'". Screen Daily. Screen International. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ vincy (24 July 2016). "Amanda Sthers tourne "Madame" avec un casting international". Les Actualités. Ecran Noir. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "Madame (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Madame Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 18 May 2020.