Madame Bovary (1991)

  • NR
  • 04/03/1991 (US)
  • Romance, Drama, History
  • 2h 23m

Two souls adrift on the waves of the Seine

Overview

Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and sensual Emma Bovary finds herself in calamitous debt and pursues scandalous sexual liaisons with absolute abandon. However, when her volatile lifestyle catches up to her, the lives of everyone around her are endangered.

Gustave Flaubert

Novel

Claude Chabrol

Screenplay, Director

Cast

Isabelle Huppert's headshot

Isabelle Huppert

Emma Bovary
Jean-François Balmer's headshot

Jean-François Balmer

Charles Bovary
Christophe Malavoy's headshot

Christophe Malavoy

Rodolphe Boulanger
Jean Yanne's headshot

Jean Yanne

M. Homais
Lucas Belvaux's headshot

Lucas Belvaux

Leon Dupuis
Christiane Minazzoli's headshot

Christiane Minazzoli

La veuve Lefançois
Jean-Louis Maury's headshot

Jean-Louis Maury

Merchant Lheureux
Henri Attal's headshot

Henri Attal

Maître Hareng

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