Madame Bovary

Mar 3, 1991

2h 23m

★ 6.3

Two souls adrift on the waves of the Seine

Overview

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.

Genres

Romance

Drama

History

Production Companies

MK2 Films

CED Productions

FR3 Films Production

Madame Bovary Trailers

Cast

Emma Bovary

Isabelle Huppert

Charles Bovary

Jean-François Balmer

Rodolphe Boulanger

Christophe Malavoy

M. Homais

Jean Yanne

Leon Dupuis

Lucas Belvaux

La veuve Lefançois

Christiane Minazzoli

Merchant Lheureux

Jean-Louis Maury

Maître Hareng

Henri Attal

Narrateur

François Périer

Lieuvain

François Maistre

Hippolyte

Florent Gibassier

Le père d'Emma

Jean-Claude Bouillaud

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