Madame Antoine: The Love Therapist

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Madame Antoine: The Love Therapist

Overview
Madame Antoine: The Love Therapist is a 2016 South Korean romantic comedy TV series. It stars Han Ye-seul, Sung Joon, Jeong Jin-woon, and others. The show aired on JTBC, has 16 episodes, and is in Korean.

Synopsis
Go Hye-rim runs a café called Madame Antoine and works as a fortune teller. She pretends to have special ties to Marie Antoinette, though she doesn’t. Above her café, a serious psychologist named Choi Soo-hyun opens a psychology center and plans an experiment to test if true love exists. He nicknames his project Madame Antoine and convinces Hye-rim to take part. The story follows whether Hye-rim falls in love, as she and three male suitors—including Soo-hyun—become part of the experiment.

Cast
- Han Ye-seul as Go Hye-rim: a clever fortune teller who runs the Madame Antoine café and uses tricks to pay her daughter’s tuition.
- Sung Joon as Choi Soo-hyun: a Stanford-educated psychologist who doubts love and runs the Madame Antoine experiment.
- Jeong Jin-woon as Choi Seung-chan: Soo-hyun’s younger half-brother and a former baseball player who joins the experiment.
- Lee Joo-hyung as Won Ji-ho: a genius student who becomes Soo-hyun’s participant.
- Hwang Seung-eon as Go Yoo-rim: Hye-rim’s sister, helps at the café, and also becomes involved.
- Chang Mi-hee as Bae Mi-ran: an older psychologist who works with the center.
- Byun Hee-bong as President Kim: owner of the building where the café and center are located.
- Shin Hyun-been as Claire: special appearance.

Special appearances
- Kim Jae-kyung as Jyu-ni
- Lee Sun-bin as Ma-ri
- Go Joo-won as Hye-rim’s ex-husband
- Tae In-ho (ep. 11–12)
- Lee Jin-kwon (cameo)

Release and production
- Written by Hong Jin-ah; directed by Kim Yun-cheol.
- Executive producer: Oh Sung-min.
- Production company: GnG Productions.
- Original network: JTBC.
- Release: January 22 to March 12, 2016.

Reception
- The show aired on a cable/pay TV channel, which typically has smaller audiences than main networks.
- Ratings were modest, with average nationwide figures around 0.7% (AGB Nielsen) and 0.5% (TNmS).
- Nominated for Excellence Award for Han Ye-seul at the 9th Korea Drama Awards.