--- product_id: 17053549 title: "Mado" price: "₨26857" currency: LKR in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.lk/products/17053549-mado store_origin: LK region: Sri Lanka --- # Mado **Price:** ₨26857 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Mado - **How much does it cost?** ₨26857 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.lk](https://www.desertcart.lk/products/17053549-mado) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description Middle-aged businessman, Simon Léotard finds his future in jeopardy when his partner Julien commits suicide after having accumulated a mass of debts. Simon's unscrupulous business rival Lépidon offers to save him from bankruptcy by buying his company, at a discount rate. Reluctant to fall into Lépidon's trap, Simon decides to resolve the crisis himself. A prostitute, Mado, provides him with the solution to his problems. Review Mado is an absorbing work which engages the spectator by solidly locking onto the personal traumas of its well-drawn characters. --James Travers, Films de France Review: Mado - This is a great movie by a major, if somewhat under-recognized, director. I hope that desertcart will acquire more of Sautet's films. Review: Character-Driven French Drama That Absorbs Without The Prerequisite Action - [MADO - (1976) - directed by Claude Sautet - in French with English subtitles] Quintessential European star and national treasure Michel Piccoli portrays Simon, a wealthy middle-aged businessman who co-owns a company that is rapidly becoming insolvent due to the reckless spending habits, fuzzy accounting records and considerable debt amassed by his partner Julien. To make matters worse, the notes he's borrowing are being held by a notoriously unscrupulous businessman, Lepidon, with ties to organized crime. His racket is to lend enough notes of debt until they can't be repaid timely, then allowing his lawyers to issue letters of demand, and when repayment can't be made, negotiating a take over of the company with low-ball bids that amount to pennies on the dollar of the company's true worth, causing financial ruin to those who forged the companies with the sweat off their backs and the blood of their toils. Its another fine example of Capitalism at its finest kids. Upon disclosure of these activities and overcome with guilt, Julien ends up committing suicide. Simon and his father, who is a partner as well, gather their attorneys to assess the damages, and it's none too pretty a picture. In fact, it makes a Goya painting look like a Georgia O'Keefe watercolor. They begin selling assets to make the note payments, but still come up short. At the same time, Simon, who's divorced, is going through a mid-life crisis, and has a quasi-relationship with Mado, a 'working girl' in her early twenties he sees several times a week. Her demeanor reminds him that the women of today aren't the compliant creatures he recalls from his youth. They share a group of acquaintances, some personal, some professional, so their social lives overlap periodically, and sometimes a bit too often. He confides in her about his predicament, and she soon hatches a plan to aid Simon so he doesn't lose control of his company and the last of his finances. It involves gathering evidence against Lepidon, a bit of blackmail and a possible unexpected outcome. While it may sound like a crime drama or thriller, this is strictly a character-driven tale rather than a plot-driven one, so fans of action will be sorely depressed, but those spectators who can immerse themselves in a pool of absorbing, well-drawn characters with personal ticks, traumas and a will to go forward and employ the cards they've been dealt to play with should find this film deserving of their time and attention. It's amusing how foul weather plays an important role in the fourth act as we witness the characters nearly drowning in dilemma and simultaneously drawn to one another for reasons not altogether explained, just as in life. They laugh, they cry, they fret, they play, they move on and Simon finally confronts a crossroads he's avoided for quite some time. Michel Piccoli is excellent, as always, as is Ottavia Piccolo as the resourceful and enigmatic Mado. There's also a small role by the deliciously yet tragic Romy Schneider that I wish was fleshed out more, but I'll take her any way I can. Director Claude Sautet chooses an austere, neo-classic style of shooting here, allowing us to concentrate more on those in front of the camera than the person behind it. Aficionados of French drama with a neorealist 70's vibe, a dash of clever cynicism and a pinch of pathos will find themselves enrapt; all else should approach with caution. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B004HY8NZ4 | | Actors | Charles Denner, Jacques Dutronc, Michel Piccoli, Ottavia Piccolo | | Customer Reviews | 3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars (65) | | Director | Claude Sautet | | MPAA rating | NR (Not Rated) | | Media Format | Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen | | Number of discs | 1 | | Product Dimensions | 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces | | Release date | March 1, 2011 | | Run time | 2 hours and 15 minutes | | Studio | Pathfinder Home Ent. | | Subtitles: | English | ## Product Details - **Contributor:** Charles Denner, Claude Sautet, Jacques Dutronc, Michel Piccoli, Ottavia Piccolo - **Format:** Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen - **Genre:** Drama - **Language:** English - **Runtime:** 2 hours and 15 minutes ## Images ![Mado - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61L2gIVfI9L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mado *by D***S on February 6, 2013* This is a great movie by a major, if somewhat under-recognized, director. I hope that Amazon will acquire more of Sautet's films. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Character-Driven French Drama That Absorbs Without The Prerequisite Action *by 4***R on June 2, 2011* [MADO - (1976) - directed by Claude Sautet - in French with English subtitles] Quintessential European star and national treasure Michel Piccoli portrays Simon, a wealthy middle-aged businessman who co-owns a company that is rapidly becoming insolvent due to the reckless spending habits, fuzzy accounting records and considerable debt amassed by his partner Julien. To make matters worse, the notes he's borrowing are being held by a notoriously unscrupulous businessman, Lepidon, with ties to organized crime. His racket is to lend enough notes of debt until they can't be repaid timely, then allowing his lawyers to issue letters of demand, and when repayment can't be made, negotiating a take over of the company with low-ball bids that amount to pennies on the dollar of the company's true worth, causing financial ruin to those who forged the companies with the sweat off their backs and the blood of their toils. Its another fine example of Capitalism at its finest kids. Upon disclosure of these activities and overcome with guilt, Julien ends up committing suicide. Simon and his father, who is a partner as well, gather their attorneys to assess the damages, and it's none too pretty a picture. In fact, it makes a Goya painting look like a Georgia O'Keefe watercolor. They begin selling assets to make the note payments, but still come up short. At the same time, Simon, who's divorced, is going through a mid-life crisis, and has a quasi-relationship with Mado, a 'working girl' in her early twenties he sees several times a week. Her demeanor reminds him that the women of today aren't the compliant creatures he recalls from his youth. They share a group of acquaintances, some personal, some professional, so their social lives overlap periodically, and sometimes a bit too often. He confides in her about his predicament, and she soon hatches a plan to aid Simon so he doesn't lose control of his company and the last of his finances. It involves gathering evidence against Lepidon, a bit of blackmail and a possible unexpected outcome. While it may sound like a crime drama or thriller, this is strictly a character-driven tale rather than a plot-driven one, so fans of action will be sorely depressed, but those spectators who can immerse themselves in a pool of absorbing, well-drawn characters with personal ticks, traumas and a will to go forward and employ the cards they've been dealt to play with should find this film deserving of their time and attention. It's amusing how foul weather plays an important role in the fourth act as we witness the characters nearly drowning in dilemma and simultaneously drawn to one another for reasons not altogether explained, just as in life. They laugh, they cry, they fret, they play, they move on and Simon finally confronts a crossroads he's avoided for quite some time. Michel Piccoli is excellent, as always, as is Ottavia Piccolo as the resourceful and enigmatic Mado. There's also a small role by the deliciously yet tragic Romy Schneider that I wish was fleshed out more, but I'll take her any way I can. Director Claude Sautet chooses an austere, neo-classic style of shooting here, allowing us to concentrate more on those in front of the camera than the person behind it. Aficionados of French drama with a neorealist 70's vibe, a dash of clever cynicism and a pinch of pathos will find themselves enrapt; all else should approach with caution. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Old movies *by J***N on April 3, 2014* In the seventies you could only see movies in movie theatres and not every movie was shown. 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