Madame (2017 film)

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
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAmanda Sthers
Produced byCyril Colbeau-Justin
Jean-Baptiste Dupont
Didier Lupfer
Alain Pancrazi
Written byAmanda Sthers
StarringHarvey Keitel
Toni Collette
Rossy de Palma
Music byMatthieu Gonet
CinematographyRégis Blondeau
Edited byNicolas Chaudeurge
Production
company
Paris-based LGM
StudioCanal
Distributed byStudioCanal
Release date
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageEnglish
French
Budget$5.5 million [1]
Box office$5.4 million [2]

Plot

Anne and Bob, an American couple living in Paris, organize a dinner party and invite twelve friends. Bob's son 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 British aristocrat. They both like each other and continue their relationship.

Cast

Production

The film started shooting in Paris on 20 July 2016 for six weeks.[3][4]

Reception

On 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
  1. JP. "Madame". JP's Box Office. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  2. "Madame". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  3. Goodfellow, Melanie (20 July 2016). "Harvey Keitel, Toni Collette join Parisian comedy 'Madame'". Screen Daily. Screen International. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  4. vincy (24 July 2016). "Amanda Sthers tourne "Madame" avec un casting international". Les Actualités. Ecran Noir. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  5. "Madame (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  6. "Madame Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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