Gemma Bovery

Sep 10, 2014

1h 39m

★ 6.2

Overview

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.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Ciné-@

Gaumont

Cinéfrance 1888

France 2 Cinéma

OCS

Ruby Films

BFI

Canal+

France Télévisions

Albertine Productions

Gemma Bovery Trailers

Cast

Gemma Bovery

Gemma Arterton

Charlie

Jason Flemyng

Martin

Fabrice Luchini

Wizzy

Elsa Zylberstein

Valérie Joubert

Isabelle Candelier

Hervé de Bressigny

Niels Schneider

Patrick

Mel Raido

Rankin

Pip Torrens

Julien Joubert

Kacey Mottet Klein

Madame de Bressigny

Édith Scob

Docteur Rivière

Philippe Uchan

La nouvelle voisine

Pascale Arbillot

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