Mado (1976)
Michel Piccoli plays Simon, a French businessman reluctantly venturing into middle age. As he deals with his own midlife crisis, Simon becomes virtually oblivious to the social changes around him. The businessman tries to counter advancing age with an increased sex life, but finds that women aren't the same compliant creatures he remembers from his youth. Though the material is rife with opportunities for "radical" camerawork, director Claude Sautet chooses an austere, near-classic cinematic style, allowing us to concentrate more on the people in front of the camera rather than the person behind it. Featured in the cast of Mado is actress Romy Schneider, a Sautet favorite. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Michel Piccoli, Ottavia Piccolo, (more)
- Director(s):
- Claude Sautet
Synopsis of Mado
Michel Piccoli plays Simon, a French businessman reluctantly venturing into middle age. As he deals with his own midlife crisis, Simon becomes virtually oblivious to the social changes around him. The businessman tries to counter advancing age with an increased sex life, but finds that women aren't the same compliant creatures he remembers from his youth. Though the material is rife with opportunities for "radical" camerawork, director Claude Sautet chooses an austere, near-classic cinematic style, allowing us to concentrate more on the people in front of the camera rather than the person behind it. Featured in the cast of Mado is actress Romy Schneider, a Sautet favorite. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Mado
- Michel Piccoli - Simon
- Jacques Dutronc - Pierre
- Charles Denner - Manecca
- Michel Aumont - Barachet
- Jacques Richard
- Julien Guiomar - Lepidon
- Jean Bouise - Andre
- Claude Dauphin
- Ottavia Piccolo - Mado
- Romy Schneider - Helene
- Bernard Fresson - Julien
- Nicolas Vogel
- Dominique Zardi
- Nathalie Baye - Catherine
- Sabine Glaser
- André Falcon
- Director(s):
- Claude Sautet
- Writer(s):
- Claude Neron, Claude Sautet
- Producer(s):
- André Genovès
- 1976 - French Academy of Cinema - Best Sound
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