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Madame Bovary

Two souls adrift on the waves of the Seine

1991 · PG-13 · 2h 23m

Directed by Claude Chabrol

6.2

TMDB audience score
152 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.

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Cast

  • Isabelle Huppert
    Emma Bovary

  • Jean-François Balmer
    Charles Bovary

  • Christophe Malavoy
    Rodolphe Boulanger

  • Jean Yanne
    M. Homais

  • Lucas Belvaux
    Leon Dupuis

  • Christiane Minazzoli
    La veuve Lefançois

  • Jean-Louis Maury
    Merchant Lheureux

  • Henri Attal
    Maître Hareng

  • François Périer
    Narrateur

  • François Maistre
    Lieuvain

  • Florent Gibassier
    Hippolyte

  • Jean-Claude Bouillaud
    Le père d'Emma

  • Sabeline Campo
    Felicité

  • Yves Verhoeven
    Justin

  • Marie Mergey
    La mère de Charles

  • Thomas Chabrol
    Le vicomte

  • Gilette Barbier
    Natasie

  • Étienne Draber
    Maitre Guillaumin