Madame Bovary (1991)
Starring Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy
Directed by Claude Chabrol
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 purses scandalous sexual liaisons with absolute abandon. However, when her volatile lifestyle catches up to her, the lives of everyone around her are endangered.
Runtime: 143 min.
Rating: 6.3
DVD
Languages: French
Countries: France
Genres: Drama,Romance
Keywords: adultery,based on novel or book,bourgeoisie,normandy, france,19th century
Cast
Emma Bovary
Charles Bovary
Rodolphe Boulanger
M. Homais
Leon Dupuis
La veuve Lefançois
Merchant Lheureux
Maître Hareng
Narrateur