Mado
DramaRomance
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...
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A bleak, character-driven drama about a man drowning in debt and moral compromise. It feels like a smoky, late-night confession, full of desperate choices and the gritty realities of survival in a world that offers no easy answers.
melancholictensegrittycynicalsteadycharacter-driven dramaseventies cinemaneo-realismdesperationmoralitysurvivalmidlife crisis
midlife crisis
