![]() Madame Bovary has been adapted several times for the big screen, most notoriously by Vincente Minelli in 1949 (starring Jennifer Jones, James Mason and Louis Jourdan). This faithful adaptation of one of France’s most iconic novels (Gustave Flaubert - 1856) by New Wave veteran Claude Chabrol is a splendid film that was nominated for the 1991 Oscar for Best Costume Design. Too naive to see through her lovers' lies and too frivolous with her money, the self-involved Emma finds herself both heartbroken and in debt and has to deal with the consequences of her foolish choices. Soon, Emma, whose sexual appetites and social ambitions are unfulfilled by her husband, becomes bored with her lackluster marriage and throws herself into love affairs, first with the suave and wealthy landowner Rodolphe Boulanger (Christophe Malavoy), then with law student Léon Dupuis (Lucas Belvaux). In 19th century Normandy, the passionate Emma Rouault (Isabelle Huppert), a beautiful young woman who craves romance and luxury, marries warmhearted but dull country doctor Charles Bovary (Jean-François Balmer) to escape her father's farm. Jean-François Balmer: Docteur Charles Bovary Screenplay: Claude Chabrol, based on the novel by Gustave Flaubert Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat - Spirituality and Practice Treating this 19th century novel with tender loving care and just the right emphasis, director Claude Chabrol has made it speak to our times. But here, with Isabelle Huppert in the title role, he has made a Madame Bovary that has been acclaimed in France, even though the novel was considered all but unfilmable. Best Actress, Moscow International Film Festival 1991Ĭlaude Chabrol, the French New Wave veteran, specializes in lust, greed, adultery and crimes of passion. ![]()
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