Madame Claude
2021
Quartier Pigalle (Paris, France)
Sylvie Verheyde
Biopic
What’s it all about: Don’t ever work for a boss who had a tough childhood. The high-class call girls of Pigalle are whipped, beaten and chased like rabbits through the garden, and all Karole Rocher can offer as condolence is that her only friend as a child was a goat, and did you get the money?
First Encounter: currently on Netflix
Prostitute Index: Eiffel-Tower high
Death By: assassination
Relics: rotary phone, stacks of francs
Hoops: a fur coat Christmas present at the brothel holiday party (see: J-Lo in “Hustlers”); a young prostitute having a mid-trick existential crisis (see: any French film ever)
Heartthrob: Paul Hamy
LoFi Magic: fashion on the streets of Paris
Makes me want to: take the Paul Hamy Masterclass on mustache grooming
Candotti take: “She seems to be the typical French woman. Always mad, without any reason. And always politics involved.”
Worth a watch/rewatch: Yes (“until you hear one too many childhood problems”)
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