Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

101 mins | Drama | Jan. 4, 1934

Soon after the death of his first wife (whose dowry was inadequate), Charles Bovary, a country doctor in Normandy, marries Emma Rouault. In her new home, Emma finds conflict with her mother-in-law, a husband uninterested in the social whirl, and general discontentment; thereby proving an easy conquest for philanderer Rodolphe. Other lovers follow. Does tragedy await?

Madame Bovary

101 mins | Drama | Jan. 4, 1934

Madame Bovary
Soon after the death of his first wife (whose dowry was inadequate), Charles Bovary, a country doctor in Normandy, marries Emma Rouault. In her new home, Emma finds conflict with her mother-in-law, a husband uninterested in the social whirl, and general discontentment; thereby proving an easy conquest for philanderer Rodolphe. Other lovers follow. Does tragedy await?
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers
Original title Madame Bovary
Directors Jean Renoir
Writers Gustave Flaubert, Jean Renoir

Cast

Valentine Tessier

as Emma Bovary

Pierre Renoir

as Charles Bovary

Alice Tissot

as Madame Bovary, la mère de Charles

Héléna Manson

as Héloïse Bovary

Max Dearly

as Homais, le pharmacien

Pierre Larquey

as Hippolyte Tautain, le pied-bot

Robert Le Vigan

as M. Lheureux, le marchand d’étoffes

Daniel Lecourtois

as Léon Dupuis /