Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

143 mins | Drama, Romance | April 3, 1991

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.

Madame Bovary

143 mins | Drama, Romance | April 3, 1991

Madame Bovary
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Canal+, CED Productions, MK2 Productions, FR3 Films Production, Conseil Régional de Haute Normandie, Le Club des Investisseurs, Credit Lyonnais, Conseil Général de l'Eure
Original title Madame Bovary
Directors Claude Chabrol
Writers Gustave Flaubert, Claude Chabrol

Cast

Isabelle Huppert

as Emma Bovary

Jean-François Balmer

as Charles Bovary

Christophe Malavoy

as Rodolphe Boulanger

Jean Yanne

as M. Homais

Lucas Belvaux

as Leon Dupuis

Christiane Minazzoli

as La veuve Lefançois

Jean-Louis Maury

as Merchant Lheureux

Henri Attal

as Maître Hareng

François Périer

as Narrateur

François Maistre

as Lieuvain

Florent Gibassier

as Hippolyte

Jean-Claude Bouillaud

as Le père d'Emma

Sabeline Campo

as Felicité

Yves Verhoeven

as Justin

Maria Mergey

as La mère de Charles

Thomas Chabrol

as Le vicomte

Gilette Barbier

as Natasie

Étienne Draber

as Maitre Guillaumin

Christine Paolini

as Mère Roler

André Thorent

as Dr. Canivet

Dominique Zardi

as Blind man

Jacques Dynam

as L' abbé Bournisien

Dominique Clément

as Madame Homais

Thierry Marcos

as Serviteur Au Mariage (uncredited)