Gemma Bovery (2014)

Martin, an ex-Parisian well-heeled hipster passionate about Gustave Flaubert who settled into a Norman village as a baker, sees an English couple moving into a small farm nearby. Not only ... See full summary »

Director:

Anne Fontaine

Writers:

Pascal Bonitzer (screenplay), Anne Fontaine (screenplay)

Stars:

Fabrice Luchini, Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Fabrice Luchini	...	Martin Joubert
Gemma Arterton	...	Gemma Bovery
Jason Flemyng	...	Charlie Bovery
Isabelle Candelier	...	Valérie Joubert
Niels Schneider	...	Hervé de Bressigny
Mel Raido	...	Patrick
Elsa Zylberstein	...	Wizzy
Pip Torrens	...	Rankin
Kacey Mottet Klein	...	Julien Joubert (as Kacey Mottet-Klein)
Edith Scob	...	Madame de Bressigny
Philippe Uchan	...	Docteur Rivière
Pascale Arbillot	...	La nouvelle voisine
Marie-Bénédicte Roy	...	Mme Rivière
Christian Sinniger	...	Producteur de calva 1
Pierre Alloggia	...	Producteur de calva 2

Storyline

Martin, an ex-Parisian well-heeled hipster passionate about Gustave Flaubert who settled into a Norman village as a baker, sees an English couple moving into a small farm nearby. Not only are the names of the new arrivals Gemma and Charles Bovery, but their behavior also seems to be inspired by Flaubert's heroes.

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Plot Keywords:

cheating wife | sex on couch | cell phone | character name as title | village | 

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Taglines:

Can life really imitate art?

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality/nudity and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Hungary]

Country:

France UK

Language:

French English

Release Date:

10 September 2014 (France)

Also Known As:

Džema Boveri

Filming Locations:

Normandy, France

Box Office

Budget:

€9,700,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$3,440,040 (France), 28 September 2014

Opening Weekend USA:

$19,095, 31 May 2015, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$191,512, 30 August 2015

Company Credits

Production Co:

Albertine Productions, Ciné@, Gaumont

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Gemma Arterton learned to speak French for the film with the help of her French boyfriend Franklin Ohannessian, who also worked on the production. She didn't speak a word of French when she cast in the film.

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Goofs

Martin believes that his next neighbor is Russian, but she's really from Rouen. When he meets Madame Mercier he's so surprised by her fluent French that he asks where she learned it. "At school like everyone else" she misleadingly replies, when in fact she would've learned her native tongue as a small child from her parents.

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Quotes

Martin Joubert: [on secretly observing Gemma seeing a local] This will only end badly
Martin Joubert: There is a moment when life imitates art

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Connections

References Call of Duty (2003)

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Soundtracks

Square 1234
Performed by Alice Lewis
(p) 2014 Albertine Productions - Ciné-@ - Gaumont. Under Exclusive License to Milan Entertainment, Inc.
© Milan Records

User Reviews

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Negative: Forced to sit through five trailer adverts for other movies. Positives: Note the spelling difference in the name. Lots of British type humor bordering between a little shocking and funny. So what happens when a British couple end up living in the France of Flaubert and by coincidence they share many of the same attributes as well as a similarity in name to that famous novel? Add a next-door baker as a storyteller who is also infatuated with the mystique of women from those period novels. "Gemma Bovery" offers a contemporary interpretation that I found more interesting than other recent adaptations of the story especially with regards to manipulating men. "Wants everything from love and is always disappointed." When life doesn't match her fantasy one wonders if she would have changed or would she have eventually recidivated? Great endings as her men lead to her humorously ironic downfall and finally the introduction of a famously storied Russian woman.

Surprising song (an odd fit) shows up in the movie and in the credits - "Jimmy" with no identifiable credit. Anyway, from a mongrel American/European blues/folk/rock team, "Moriarty".