Madame Bovary (2014)

Bored in her marriage to a country doctor and stifled by life in a small town, the restless Emma Bovary pursues her dreams of passion and excitement, whatever they may cost.

Director:

Sophie Barthes

Writers:

Felipe Marino (screenplay by), Sophie Barthes (screenplay by)

Stars:

Mia Wasikowska, Rhys Ifans, Ezra Miller

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mia Wasikowska	...	Emma Bovary
Rhys Ifans	...	Monsieur Lheureux
Ezra Miller	...	Léon Dupuis
Logan Marshall-Green	...	Marquis d'Andervilliers
Henry Lloyd-Hughes	...	Charles Bovary
Laura Carmichael	...	Henriette
Olivier Gourmet	...	Monsieur Rouault
Paul Giamatti	...	Monsieur Homais
Luke Tittensor	...	Hippolyte
Richard Cordery	...	Abbé Bournisien
Wendy Nottingham	...	Madame Homais
Simon Muller	...	Monsieur Dubocage
Simon Paisley Day	...	Bailiff
Morfydd Clark	...	Camille
Roméo Fidanza	...	Recital Singer (as Romeo Fidanza)

Storyline

Bored in her marriage to a country doctor and stifled by life in a small town, the restless Emma Bovary pursues her dreams of passion and excitement, whatever they may cost.

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Plot Keywords:

doctor | bare breasts | f rated | housekeeper | credit | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sexuality/nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Germany Belgium USA

Language:

English French Latin

Release Date:

12 June 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pani Bovary

Filming Locations:

Saint-Germain-de-la-Coudre, Orne, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

A Company Filmproduktionsgesellschaft,Aden Film,Aleph Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is actress Mia Wasikowska's 5th period drama set in the 19th century.

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Quotes

Emma Bovary: I realized that before getting married I was contemplating my coming life like a child. In a theater, um... sitting there in high spirits, and eagerly waiting for the play to begin. It was a blessing in my early youth that I did not know what was really going to happen. When I look back now, it seems that I was like an innocent prisoner, condemned not to death, but to life, and as-yet unconscious of what the sentence meant. And the longer I live, the more clearly I feel that on a whole, life's ...

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Connections

Remake of Madame Bovary (1937)

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Soundtracks

Poison
by Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine

User Reviews

A new convincing film version

I like the film. Finally there exists a version done by a woman showing with sensibility the few choices of life for women in the 19th century.

I thought the actors and actresses were perfect in their role. In the end, Madame Bovary finds herself without friends and solutions. She understands how naive she has been with men and has no woman friend. Her whole world has collapsed.

She can only choose nature as her ultimate friend.

I feel that in this version, Flaubert's book main message is being respected. It is mostly about a woman wanting to experience all the pleasures of life and not being able to do it. Because of herself as well as because of her environment.