The Royal Opera House: Madama Butterfly / 2022

Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of American naval officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, finds her romantic idyll shattered when he deserts her shortly after their marriage. She lives in hope that one day he will return. Three years later, Cio-Cio-San and her son, Dolore, see Pinkerton’s ship in the harbour. She excitedly awaits his visit – but when Pinkerton and his American wife Kate arrive and learn about Dolore's existence, they ask to take the boy away, and raise him in America. Cio-Cio-San bids her son farewell and takes her own life.

The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly / 2009

Anthony Minghella’s beautiful, atmospheric production of Puccini’s tragedy returns to cinemas this summer in a stunning performance recorded live from the Metropolitan Opera in 2009. Soprano Patricia Racette stars as Cio-Cio-San, the trusting and innocent young geisha who disastrously falls in love with American Navy lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton, sung by tenor Marcello Giordani.

The Canal Street Madam / 2010

Until an FBI bust upended her life, Jeanette Maier was a successful New Orleans madam. Her discreet clientele included a number of powerful, high-ranking politicians. The ensuing very public trial - both in the courtroom and in the media – focused salaciously on the fact that Jeanette’s brothel was a family affair – Jeanette ran the business with her mother and she employed her own daughter as an escort. Jeanette and her family ended up infamous, their futures blighted by felony convictions, yet their well-connected clients escaped exposure. Now, the Canal Street Madam sets out to reinvent herself, to reclaim her public persona, and to protect her family as she fights back against a system that silences the powerless and protects the elite.

The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly / 2019

Ever since it opened the 2006–07 season, Anthony Minghella’s striking production of Madama Butterfly has been a Met classic. Drawing inspiration from traditional Japanese theater, Minghella’s staging retells this heartbreaking tale with brilliant stagecraft, bold colors, and bunraku puppetry. In this Live in HD performance from the fall of 2019, Chinese soprano Hui He stars as Cio-Cio-San, the young geisha who puts her trust in a visiting American naval officer, only to later be abandoned by him. In a feat of operatic heroics, tenor Bruce Sledge appears as the callous Pinkterton, stepping into the role on short notice to replace an ailing colleague. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts one of opera’s most tragic masterpieces, leading a cast that also includes mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong as Cio-Cio-San’s loyal companion, Suzuki, and Tony Award–winning baritone Paulo Szot as the U.S. consul Sharpless.

Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax / 2021

Madame Tussauds is one of the UK's most loved and enduring visitor attractions and has always been a barometer of popularity. Filmed across a year at Madame Tussauds' London and Blackpool locations, following the creation and launch of new wax figures for pop sensation, Little Mix, and YouTube superstar DanTDM.

Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker / 1987

Documentary about the first self-made American millionairess, Madam C.J. Walker.

The Sex of Madame H / 2005

But what is the sex of Madame H? This is the question that Rémi and Antoine, bored with their cat in their studette, ask themselves stupidly at the beginning of their new filmed diary. The couple has no idea that Madame H, a mysterious middle-class woman, will lead them on an obsessive quest for the Holy Sex in the course of a very crazy fiction.

Madame Esmeralda and the Audition / 2016

Told she's too "ethnic-looking," a devastated opera singer overcomes her stage fright after she twirls into a magical garden.

The Trial of Madame X / 1948

Alexandre Bisson's play "Madame X"

The Last Night of Madam Chin

Behind The Scenes: Madame Tussaud's New York / 2016

Take a quick peek at all the preparation and maintenance that goes into keeping the celebrity figures at Madame Tussaud's looking their best!

Madame Chao's Secret of the Golden Rectangle /

A short motion picture depicting a meditation technique in which the practitioner can induce and elongate a virtually active self inflicted death experience by controlled breathing with a certain special emphasis on preparation and inhalation.

Mississippi Madam: The Life of Nellie Jackson / 2018

In 1902 Nellie Jackson, an African-American woman born into poverty in Possum Corner, Miss., travels north to Natchez and opens "Nellie's," a brothel she ran for more than 60 years with full knowledge of police and Natchez officials until a fiery end one hot July night in 1990.

The 490th Incarnation of MaDame Düx / 2016

Silent film set to the music and poetry of Queer artist, MaDame Düx. The MC is re-writing the journey of four Queer characters on a vintage Underwood typewriter. Each Character, seems destined to a miserable life in black & white until the MC intervenes. The MC reroutes their destiny’s, releasing them from their pain, shame and unhappiness.

La sorridente signora Beudet / 19236.01 voti

An unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.

I gioielli di Madame de... / 19537.49 voti

Louise (Darrieux), moglie del conte André, vende degli orecchini all'insaputa del marito per pagare dei debiti. Da quel momento gli orecchini passano di mano in mano arrivando infine tra quelle del conte Franco Donati (De Sica) che, innamoratosi di Louise, li offre alla donna come pegno d'amore. Finisce tutto con un duello tra il marito e lo spasimante. Dal romanzo di Louise de Vilmorin; l'arte di Max Ophüls lo traforma in un grande, tenerissimo pezzo di cinema, malinconica, soave e crudele rievocazione di una belle epoque patria ideale ell'autore e metaofra della vita.

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Movie: I Am Madam President / 2020

PBS KIDS presents a special movie event, I Am Madam President. Shocked to discover that no girl has ever been President of the United States, Yadina goes on a journey to meet some of history’s boldest women and finds out exactly how she can do something that’s never been done before. Pass the popcorn and join in on a journey filled with adventure, daring rescues, and dramatic entrances!

Il mondo dei sensi di Emy Wong / 1977

In this sexpolitation effort, a British pilot is assaulted by a gang of hoodlums and left on the street. He's eventually taken to a hospital, where he is nursed back to health by Dr. Emy Wong, a beautiful Asian physician. As the pilot is restored to full health, he becomes increasingly infatuated with Emy.

Madame Winger Makes a Film: A Survival Guide for the 21st Century / 2001

Madame Winger wants you to make a film about something you love. She shows you her favorite low budget filmmaking techniques, from cameraless animation to processing your own film in a bathtub. Filmed in 16 mm.

Working with Max Ophuls: Alain Jessua on the Making of Madame de... / 2006

Interview with Alain Jessua about his work on Max Ophuls' 1953 film THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE...