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recently released South African horror
film called good madam
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this film is fairly complicated as it is
written by 12 people
it is deep rooted in South African
culture hence it was hard for me to get
it
hence I have tried my best
the film opens at the house of Diane who
is a white lady and old
she is sort of catatonic hence bedridden
an old-colored Lady by the name of Mavis
takes care of her
Mavis was a lifelong house servant who
lived in this house all her adult life
Diane was confined to her bed at upper
flower and she had a bell to ring
next we see a lady City her daughter
Winnie and her husband
city was mavis's daughter
she and her husband were separated
she now arrives at Diane's house for a
stay
this house was in a gated White
Community with extra security
asks her mom to open the gate as she was
not expecting her
while going and we see some Graves here
Mavis was surprised and a little upset
seeing City here as she was not
expecting her
she allows them to stay here
about Diane she had no one
her kids migrated and settled in
Australia her husband was dead
as a child City always hated this place
as it took away her mom from her
she grew up with her grandmother in
segregated houses as Mavis was busy with
this job
during apartheid South Africa this was a
decent job
Mavis here tells City to explain the
house rules to Winnie
City says you can't run here you can't
make noise you can't go near the pool
and finally you can't enter madame's
room
Winnie ironically says we have to live
here as if we don't exist
this house was big with many empty rooms
yet Mavis allotted City and Winnie a
tiny guest room
she was also living in the same servant
quarter for decades
this angered City a little
at night Mavis says sorry titsiti as she
was not there for her mom's funeral
here we are shown a flashback of White
City left her house
she and her daughter were living with
her grandma
when she died her Brothers cousins
gathered around and started clamming
rights over the house
they wanted to stay there but City
didn't agree
she argued and says where were you when
Grandma was sick
she had a big fight and moved out of
that house
the next morning Winnie's dad arrives a
little late to pick up Winnie for school
city was furious with him for this
after this a white jogging lady stared
at city in wondering
how come this lady stays here
city was under a lot of stress she had
lost her job grandma house and was
living with her estranged mother
she starts to pray and asks for
protection from her Grandma's Soul
here Diane was an art collector
she collected African arts and bells
from all over the continent
the house was filled with it which made
it slightly creepy
a couple of day passes
one morning she saw some strange
writings on the wall and a husky dog
wandering
she asks Mavis about the dog to which
she says there is no dog in this house
the husky died years ago after which
Diane was never the same
later City checks out her brother
Stewart's room
Stewart was mavis's youngest son Diane
adopted him and raised him in this house
Mavis agreed to adoption as it would
give him give education and better
opportunity
indeed Stewart was well off but he grew
up detached from a real family
Diane was like a real mom to him and
Mavis was like a nanny
City never bonded with him as they were
always at different levels
she used to call him a coconut
meaning like a coconut he was black
outside but white inside
he always spoke in English not in his
native language
later in the day a white lady drops
Winnie at this house which infuriates
city
here ladies image resembled young Diane
City calls her ex-husband and scolds him
like hell
he says the white lady is Winnie's
friend's mom and she lives in the
neighborhood
city was afraid of white people and
especially the unknown white people
Winnie here breaks a glass while playing
which upsets Mavis
later City shifts to Stewart's room as
it was big and empty
Mavis opposes it as she thought it's not
their place to be
it's not their house to live the way
they want
city was insistent as she believed it
was just right
Winnie here also asks City why she
doesn't like this house
City says it's not that I don't like the
house it's the house that doesn't like
me
whenever I was here I felt off and
scared
Winnie was happy here she draws a family
picture where she City and Mavis were
there
late at night City wakes up to a creepy
sound
upon checking her mom was cleaning
she seemed in a trance-like state where
she was not herself
she does not respond to City's call
she does her job and walks back to her
room
City also saw a screaming young girl
here
this incident Spooks her a little
the next morning City woke up where it
was raining heavily
she searched for her mom but she was
nowhere
City got locked in her mom's room she
started banging on the door but nobody
helped her
thankfully it was just a nightmare for
City
this time she woke up for real
she saw her daughter's painting
she added Diane here which rattles her
she confronted Winnie about this and
said this was a family photo
you can't add her here
we have no white relatives and Diane is
not our family
Mavis tried to calm her down by saying
Diane treats them like a family
but cities contempt for white people was
of the next level
she was suspicious of everything
she always feared her daughter whether
she will become another coconut
next city washed dishes and removes her
coat from the washing machine
to her shock coat had enormous hairs on
it even after cleaning
the dishes were dirty again
city was confused and shocked
Mavis asks whether she is okay as
clearly she seemed off
later Mavis thanks Diane for allowing
City and Winnie to stay here
city was drinking tea in a lavish cup
which was apparently Diane's Mavis stops
her from using it as she thought it was
not right
she had her cup and Diane had hers
even though now nobody was using those
cups still Mavis was hesitant to use
them
the idea of what hers and Diane's was so
deep-rooted in her that it was
borderline apartheid
fought this as she thought it was okay
to use items if they are living here
but for Mavis 95 of the household items
were off limit
tit City the Loyalty of Mavis towards
Diane seemed like slavery
later in the afternoon Winnie told City
about the graves which we saw earlier
Mavis says they belonged to Diane's
ancestors and their helpers
they considered them as family and
buried them with themself
during apartheid South Africa it was not
uncommon to have lifelong house servants
this also surprises City
later she breaks the rules and enters
Diane's room
Diane was sleeping she sneakily starts
searching her room and picks up her
diary
suddenly Diane starts choking she fell
from the bed
Mavis hurried here and checked on her
city was horrified seeing this she
thought she needed medical help
she insists on calling Diane's son Grant
but Mavis refuses it
she says Diane is her problem and
responsibility
she will take care of her till the end
here mavis's dilemma was where she will
go without this house
she spent her entire adult life here
she raised Diane's Sons here
where will City go
these were some deep-rooted problems
at night City says sorry to her daughter
Winnie about her recent erratic Behavior
she says she is not herself after
Grandma's death
city was not getting proper sleep
she finds mavis's old image on one shelf
behind which the same markings were
there which she saw the other day on the
wall
it was a spell by the name necropolis
it was an ancient Egyptian spell a guess
used for Pharaohs
City Finds Its meaning from the book
lying there
ancient Egyptian Rich guys had many
slaves
when they died they used to kill their
slaves and bury them with themselves
as they believed they need their slaves
in the afterlife as well
this terrifized city as to why such a
dark thing is written behind mavis's
photo
the next day Stuart arrives here
City struggles to connect with him even
though he was her brother
she explains to him about mavis's health
issues and Diane's health issues
Stewart talks with Diane he starts
crying and says something about hands
later he consoles Mavis about Diane's
deteriorating health and asks her to be
ready for anything
Mavis starts crying hearing this
late at night City gets a vision where
her hand chops off on her own and she
starts cleaning floor like a possessed
lady
when Winnie calls her several times she
comes to her senses she didn't know why
she was cleaning like that
she always felt safe around her grandma
hence she starts to pray to her ghost
for protection
all four of these guys have dinner and
Stewart leaves for his house
late at night City woke to the phone
ringing Mavis was singing there rather
hysterically
City puts down the phone and runs
outside to get some fresh air
she was clearly scared and stressed
outside she again saw Diane's dead husky
this time she followed it and ended up
at the graves
to her shock she saw a peculiar thing on
it
the owners and their helpers both died
on the same day
the death date on one was December 12
1959 and the other was April 15 1943
there were other similar Graves
this Spooks City like her as she was
convinced about this Egyptian spell
she thought these white people killed
their helpers on the day of their
Master's death and buried them alongside
them so that they can join them in the
afterlife
tiziti hysterically picked up Winnie and
called her husband to pick her up
Mavis was confused as she thought tiziti
is mentally off after her grandmother's
death
these two argue like anything and City
drags Winnie outside
due to all this the security alarm
started ringing and Stewart got an SOS
message on his app
he arrives here again and starts
shouting at city for causing a ruckus in
the middle of the night
he unintentionally says she only
deserves the slums
he takes Mavis inside
Winnie 2 started throwing Tantrums as
she wanted to live here not at her dad's
house
during all these heated arguments City
slaps Winnie
her husband grabs his child and shouts
at city for being delusional
he asks her to get help
after he left we seat City standing in
the middle of the road crying
suddenly someone or something starts to
choke her and she passes out
next we see her in the bathroom where
she was cleaning the clean flower rather
hysterically
Mavis saw this she tried talking to her
but City seemed to be in some sort of
possession
just then these two here Diane's Bell
they moved to her room
city was holding a tray of tea
symbolizing she was to be the new
servant
Stewart was sitting beside Diane who was
covered in flowers
while crying he says to Mavis it's time
all of a sudden he picks up a knife and
starts stabbing Mavis
Mavis screams and stops him
in her self-defense she stabs him back
and kills him
with mavis's screams City came out of
her trance-like State she was horrified
to see this
just then Diane grabs her from behind
screams at her and attacks her
some sort of dirty liquid falls on her
face
we see younger Diane all around this
house she was watching Winnie play
now she starts to choke City
Mavis saw this she interfered and killed
her
these two Embrace after this
I know it's all confusing as to who
Diane was actually
we will come to know in a bit
after a few days we seat City waiting
outside for her daughter in regular
servant dress
the jogging lady waves at her as she
felt this lady is safe by just her dress
the other day when city was not wearing
the servant dress she stared at her
City takes Winnie inside
her husband dropped Winnie here as he
must have felt city is okay
now we see Diane here she was alive
Mavis asks her to talk to her son Grant
but she barely spoke
Mavis tells grant that everything is
fine Diane is all right and everything
is under control
he asks Mavis to take care of herself as
clearly he and his brother Ross were
chilling in Australia
it seemed they were not coming back
city was finally happy at this house
with this the film ends
so let me tell you what the heck is
happening here
City had an estranged relationship with
almost everyone her mom Mavis her
husband and family members
like many South Africans she had a
systemic apprehension about white people
growing up as a child she always feared
Diane's house
the incident of her Grandma's death and
the relative's Hostile takeover of her
house put her under enormous stress
as soon as she moved to Diane's house
she started seeing and experiencing
things
like the Husky voices
she started suffering from delusions and
hallucinations
everything here was happening in her
mind she was seeing everyone with
suspicion
seeing husky Stewart's death and Diane's
attack were all in her mind
poor Diane was bedridden all the time
but her influence on the psyche of city
and Mavis was something else
Mavis was too reluctant to live in the
house as hers as she never touched
Diane's items
she raised Diane's kids Grant and Ross
she spent her life here yet she thought
of herself as an outsider
City came to her senses after losing her
kid and slowly she improved
overall it's a complex movie with deep
meaning
visual art and creepy music keep you at
the edge
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