Madame is a French rom-com following a maid, Maria, who must fill in for an absent dinner guest from the order of her employer, Anne, and ends up starting a relationship with one of the other guests, David. The three-way relationship of David, Maria, and Anne is engaging and entertaining to watch; while David and Maria have their relationship, and Maria is trying to keep her identity as a maid a secret, Anne constantly belittles Maria for doing behaving "right" or doing things "correctly". Anne becomes a character the audience will love to hate, as her overbearing and eccentric personality make her a spectacle to watch, despite doing things that would generally be considered being a bad person. The slice of life approach is a welcoming change of pace to the rom-com genre, as it doesn't feel like a string of misunderstandings pushing along conflict, but several days in the life of these characters as events unfold. While the ending may leave some viewers unsatisfied, it fits with the theme as life goes on, as well as directing referring to a point brought up earlier in the film where people crave happy endings, but real life rarely mimics this. Madame is a perfect lazy afternoon or relaxed date night film with plenty of quirky characters to keep the audience engaged.
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