Madame (2017 film)

Madame
Madame
	Theatrical release poster
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	2 June 2017 (Zurich Film Festival); 22 November 2017 (France);
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Languages	English; French
Budget	$5.5 million
Box office	$5.4 million

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.

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 start a relationship.

Cast[]

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[]

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[]

^ 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.

External links[]

Madame at IMDb

[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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