Madame

Misbehaviour is on the menu.


Madame
In an attempt to add a little spice to a waning marriage, a wealthy and well-connected American couple move into a manor house in romantic Paris. While preparing a particularly luxurious dinner for sophisticated international friends, the wife discovers that there are only an unlucky thirteen guests invited. Panic-stricken, she insists that her loyal maid Maria disguise herself as a mysterious Spanish noble woman to even out the numbers. But a little too much wine, and some playful chat, lead Maria to accidentally endear herself to a dandy British art broker. Their budding romance will lead to a wild chase around Paris and finally the madame plotting to destroy this most unexpected and joyous romance.

91 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Nudity, Prejudice, Drug abuse).
Comedy, Drama, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Toni Collette, Harvey Keitel, Rossy de Palma, Michael Smiley, Tom Hughes, Violanie Gillibert
Director
Amanda Sthers
ScreenplayAmanda Sthers, Matthew Robbins
MusicMatthieu Gonet
CinematographyRégis Blondeau
EditingNicolas Chaudeurge
Made in2017
Produced byLGM Productions, Made in PM, StudioCanal, Canal+, Ciné+, C8

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreComedy
LanguageFairly frequent, strong impact, in a context of frustration and expression.
NudityInfrequent, mild impact, non-sexual.
SexNone (sic)
ViolenceNone
PrejudiceNone (sic)
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone (sic)
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautionedunknown
Runtime91
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.



Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Helen Herimbi quote iconAmbition seethes beneath the veneer.
5
Cape Times
Frank Scheck quote iconSatire as sparkly as flat bubbly.
10
24.com
Ilan Preskovsky quote iconMadame is a very small film, consisting mostly of people talking to one another, where not a whole lot happens for most of its near-two-hour running time. It also presumably has something to say about class relations, if not class warfare, where some fairly despicable rich people treat their poor, big-hearted foreigner maid as less than nothing.
5
Metacritic.com
6 critics
9
Rottentomatoes critics
22 critics
11
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer
5

What the People say

Metacritic.com users
17 users
17
Rottentomatoes users
93 users
14
IMDB
2082 Netizens
12

Average .. 49%

10

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