

Madame Bovary
Two souls adrift on the waves of the Seine
6.3(138 votes)
1991
2h 23m
Romance
Drama
History
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.
Production
MK2 Films, CED Productions, FR3 Films Production
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