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Writers:
Claude Chabrol (writer)
Gustave Flaubert (novel)
Release Date:
25 December 1991 (USA) more
Plot:
In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire (Emma Rouault) marries a dull country doctor (Charles Bovary)... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Kate Winslet Looks to Conquer Miniseries with Mildred Pierce
(From Collider.com. 14 August 2009, 11:17 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Chabrol lays an egg more (10 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Isabelle Huppert | ... | Emma Bovary |
 | Jean-François Balmer | ... | Le docteur Charles Bovary |
| Christophe Malavoy | ... | Rodolphe Boulanger |
| Jean Yanne | ... | M. Homais - le pharmacien |
| Lucas Belvaux | ... | Leon Dupuis |
| Christiane Minazzoli | ... | La veuve Lefançois |
| Jean-Louis Maury | ... | Merchant Lheureux |
| Florent Gibassier | ... | Hippolyte |
| Jean-Claude Bouillaud | ... | Le père Rouault - un paysan - le père d'Emma |
| Sabeline Campo | ... | Felicité |
| Yves Verhoeven | ... | Justin |
| Marie Mergey | ... | La mère Bovary - la mère de Charles |
| François Maistre | ... | Lieuvain - le conseiller de la préfecture |
 | Thomas Chabrol | ... | Le vicomte |
| Phillippe Abitol |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Madame Bovary (Argentina) (cable TV title) (Spain) [es]
Madame Bovary (Brazil) [pt]
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143 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Australia:PG | Finland:K-13 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 | Germany:12
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In its original French version, one of the masculine voices overheard by Emma during the great Bail sequence is director Claude Chabrol's voice saying: "Mais qu'il en soit fait selon votre desir, ma chere... Lucien!". more
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Referenced in Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil (2004) more
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Lucie de Lammermoor more
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| It is pointless to make this novel into a film | phil_manic |
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I am usually the most avid of Chabrol fans, but with Madame Bovary he finally made a real turkey. This film is dull dull dull. I probably could have abided the tediousness and the fastidious faithfulness to the book if the film had a lead actress who was even remotely credible in the lead. But Huppert is woefully miscast as Emma. Emma Bovary is supposed to be a passionate woman who recklessly throws herself into adulterous affairs. Huppert plays Emma as an ice princess, about as passionate as a bowl of oatmeal! Huppert achieves the astonishing feat of maintaining the same facial expression throughout the film; at times I wondered if her facial muscles were paralyzed. This would have been a perfect role for Isabel Adjani...too bad. Read the book instead.
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