MADAME (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs), Toni Collette (Hereditary), Rossy de Palma (Julieta), Michael Smiley (Free Fire), Brendan Patricks (My Last Five Girlfriends), Sonia Rolland (Midnight in Paris), Stanislas Merhar (The Knights of the Quest), Tom Hughes (About Time), Joséphine de La Baume (Listen Up Philip), Ginnie Watson (Le Chef), Tim Fellingham (Stained), Violaine Gillibert (Black Venus), Alex Vizorek (film debut), Ariane Seguillon (Grace of Monaco), Sue Cann (The Cocks of the Walk), Salomé Partouche (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Amanda Sthers (Je Vais Te Manquer), director, writer; Cyril Colbeau-Justin (His Mother’s Eyes), producer; Matthieu Gonet (Ablations), composer; Régis Blondeau (Modern Love), cinematographer; Nicolas Chaudeurge (The Two Faces of January), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Bob (Keitel) and Anne Fredericks (Collette) are a wealthy American couple living in Paris, who are organising a fancy dinner party for their sophisticated friends, but a superstitious Anne is fretting about there being 13 guests. Panicked, she has her loyal maid Maria (de Palma) pose as a Spanish noble woman to even out the numbers, but when she strikes up a connection with British art broker David (Smiley), Bob and Anne must set out to destroy their budding romance before David can catch on to Maria’s true identity…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

After going to some truly dark and horrific places in the excellent Hereditary, Toni Collette gets to relax in a much more comedic and light-hearted role in this farcial comedy that sees her share the screen with the legendary Harvey Keitel.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 20TH JULY 2018

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