Madame Claude is a 2021 biographical film created and released by Netflix about the infamous French brothel-keeper

Madame Claude Fernande Grudet (6 July 1923 – 15 December 2015), also known as Madame Claude, was a French brothel keeper. In the 1960s, she was the head of a French network of call girls who worked especially for dignitaries and civil servants. Biograp ...

Plot

Madame Claude is the owner of a popular brothel in the late 1960s Paris, and has knowledge that gives her incredible power and influence over French politicians and underworld figures. The arrival of an affluent and well-connected young woman threatens to undermine everything.

Cast

* Karole Rocher as

* Roschdy Zem as * Garance Marillier as Sidonie *

Pierre Deladonchamps Pierre Deladonchamps (born 1 June 1978) is a French actor. He is known for starring in the thriller film ''Stranger by the Lake'' (2013), for which he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor. He went on to receive a nomination for the Césa ...

as Serge * Hafsia Herzi as Nadège * Mylène Jampanoï as Yoshiro

Production

The film is directed by

Sylvie Verheyde Sylvie Verheyde (born 1967) is a French film director, actress, and screenwriter. Director The films Verheyde has directed include ''Un frère'' (1997), in which Emma de Caunes won a César Award for Most Promising Actress, ''Princesses'' (2000 ...

Release

The film premiered globally on Netflix on April 2, 2021.

Reception

References

External links

* * 2021 films 2020s French-language films 2021 biographical drama films French biographical drama films French-language Netflix original films Films about prostitution in Paris Films set in the 1960s Films not released in theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic Films directed by Sylvie Verheyde 2020s French films {{bio-film-stub