Storyline

Adapted from Flaubert's classic novel, Madame Bovary tells the tragic story of Emma (Wasikowska), a young beauty who impulsively marries a small-town doctor (Lloyd-Hughes) to leave her father's (Giamatti) pig farm behind. But after being introduced to the glamorous world of high society, she soon becomes bored with her stodgy mate and seeks excitement and status outside the bonds of marriage.

Plot Keywords

based on novel, infidelity, social climber, melodrama, character name as title, period film, period drama, title directed by female, written by director, adultery, wedding day, hunting, costume drama, period piece, red dress, housewife, inn, materialism, looking at oneself in a mirror, desire

Short Review

Barthes feels the need to improve on Flaubert, adding and dropping scenes and inventing social metaphors - mainly spiderwebs and corsets.

Trailer

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