Madame Antoine S01
Director: Kim Yun-cheol
Cast: Han Ye-seul, Sung Joon, Jeong Jin-woon, Lee Joo-hyung, Hwang Seung-eon, Chang Mi-hee
Madame Antoine – Season 1 is a six-coffee-hour-long romantic comedy-drama that revolves around the unconventional and evolving dynamic between a cynical psychologist and a charismatic café owner posing as a fortune teller. Set in contemporary South Korea, it offers a playful yet introspective look at emotional connection, skepticism, and self-discovery.
Go Hye-rim (Han Ye-seul), the café owner behind the persona “Madame Antoine,” claims psychic ties to Marie Antoinette, though she admits publicly that her powers are more intuition than mysticism. Her uncanny ability to read people’s emotions quickly garners attention. Choi Soo-hyun (Sung Joon), a Stanford-trained psychologist known as the “Soul Doctor,” opens a practice directly above her café and launches a psychological experiment designed to test the authenticity of love—specifically using Go Hye-rim as an unwitting subject in his cleverly orchestrated love trials involving himself and two others. Drama and humor unfold as both characters mask their vulnerabilities while navigating emotional blind spots and competitive curiosity.
Under Kim Yun-cheol’s direction, the series maintains a light-hearted tone, emphasizing witty dialogue, situational misunderstandings, and psychological gamesmanship. As the experiment progresses, themes of trust, authenticity, and emotional growth come into sharper focus.
Han Ye-seul brings sparkling charisma to Go Hye-rim’s playful and guarded persona, while Sung Joon’s portrayal of Soo-hyun blends clinical detachment with humanizing curiosity. The supporting cast—including Jeong Jin-woon as Soo-hyun’s brother Choi Seung-chan, Lee Joo‑hyung, and Hwang Seung-eon—enhances the ensemble with depth and subplots that enrich the central premise.
Technically, the series leans toward clean production: straightforward aesthetics, contemporary urban settings, and concise pacing. Although it leans more on comedic charm than cinematic bravado, it succeeds in creating an engaging atmosphere for character-driven romantic tension.
Madame Antoine explores psychological comedy through the lens of love as an experimental variable. Its mix of romantic rivalry, emotional games, and misinterpreted intentions forms a light, thoughtful drama that asks: can love ever be genuinely measured—or is it always something of an unpredictable experiment.
Madame Antoine – Season 1 is a six-coffee-hour-long romantic comedy-drama that revolves around the unconventional and evolving dynamic between a cynical psychologist and a charismatic café owner posing as a fortune teller. Set in contemporary South Korea, it offers a playful yet introspective look at emotional connection, skepticism, and self-discovery.
Go Hye-rim (Han Ye-seul), the café owner behind the persona “Madame Antoine,” claims psychic ties to Marie Antoinette, though she admits publicly that her powers are more intuition than mysticism. Her uncanny ability to read people’s emotions quickly garners attention. Choi Soo-hyun (Sung Joon), a Stanford-trained psychologist known as the “Soul Doctor,” opens a practice directly above her café and launches a psychological experiment designed to test the authenticity of love—specifically using Go Hye-rim as an unwitting subject in his cleverly orchestrated love trials involving himself and two others. Drama and humor unfold as both characters mask their vulnerabilities while navigating emotional blind spots and competitive curiosity.
Under Kim Yun-cheol’s direction, the series maintains a light-hearted tone, emphasizing witty dialogue, situational misunderstandings, and psychological gamesmanship. As the experiment progresses, themes of trust, authenticity, and emotional growth come into sharper focus.
Han Ye-seul brings sparkling charisma to Go Hye-rim’s playful and guarded persona, while Sung Joon’s portrayal of Soo-hyun blends clinical detachment with humanizing curiosity. The supporting cast—including Jeong Jin-woon as Soo-hyun’s brother Choi Seung-chan, Lee Joo‑hyung, and Hwang Seung-eon—enhances the ensemble with depth and subplots that enrich the central premise.
Technically, the series leans toward clean production: straightforward aesthetics, contemporary urban settings, and concise pacing. Although it leans more on comedic charm than cinematic bravado, it succeeds in creating an engaging atmosphere for character-driven romantic tension.
Madame Antoine explores psychological comedy through the lens of love as an experimental variable. Its mix of romantic rivalry, emotional games, and misinterpreted intentions forms a light, thoughtful drama that asks: can love ever be genuinely measured—or is it always something of an unpredictable experiment.