Madame Bovary

“Two souls adrift on the waves of the Seine”

6.3

1991

2h 23m

RomanceDramaHistory

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.

Key Crew

Director

Claude Chabrol

Producers

Marin Karmitz

Writers

Claude Chabrol

Cinematography

Jean Rabier

Music

Matthieu Chabrol

Cast (49)

Isabelle Huppert

Emma Bovary

Jean-François Balmer

Charles Bovary

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