
A fallen woman, forcibly separated from her young son, has a chance encounter with him years later when she's put on trial for murder..


If you have a soft spot for movies where people cry into their hands while the sound of a hissing radiator plays in the background, you might actually like this. Madame X is a very early talkie from 1929, so it has all that weird, stiff energy where you can tell the actors are terrified of moving too far away from the ...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Lionel Barrymore

Charles Horan
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"If you have a soft spot for movies where people cry into their hands while the sound of a hissing radiator plays in the background, you might actually like this. Madame X is a very early talkie from 1929, so it has all that weird, stiff energy where you can tell the actors are terrified of moving too far away from the hidden microphones. It is definitely worth a watch if you're into film history or if you just want to see how much drama they could cram into 90 minutes back then. People who hate..."
Alexandre Bisson, Willard Mack
United States

1929 · IMDb 5.6

