Pleasure

Pleasure

90 mins | Drama, Crime, TV Movie | Oct. 25, 1994

Alan Bleasdale's modern re-telling of Madame Bovary. A tale of passion, greed, revenge, and of course pleasure, set in France. Starring Line of Duty's Adrian Dunbar, Jennifer Ehle and James Larkin. In the French city of Rouen, the beautiful, young but bored Emma seeks to escape her dull married life. Her dreams are answered, and her comfortable, peaceful existence soon tarnished when she answers a lonely-hearts ad. She meets Gustave, a unsuccessful toy salesman, and potential con man. Together they begin a passionate affair, where they indulge in illicit sex and illegal scams. But parallel to their exhilarating affair, the police are on the hunt for a mysterious masked robber known only as Le Terroriste. As the stakes rise, and a betrayal means Emma finding herself alone, her own talents for deception develop into an overwhelming and obsessive desire for her to get her revenge.

Pleasure

90 mins | Drama, Crime, TV Movie | Oct. 25, 1994

Pleasure
Alan Bleasdale's modern re-telling of Madame Bovary. A tale of passion, greed, revenge, and of course pleasure, set in France. Starring Line of Duty's Adrian Dunbar, Jennifer Ehle and James Larkin. In the French city of Rouen, the beautiful, young but bored Emma seeks to escape her dull married life. Her dreams are answered, and her comfortable, peaceful existence soon tarnished when she answers a lonely-hearts ad. She meets Gustave, a unsuccessful toy salesman, and potential con man. Together they begin a passionate affair, where they indulge in illicit sex and illegal scams. But parallel to their exhilarating affair, the police are on the hunt for a mysterious masked robber known only as Le Terroriste. As the stakes rise, and a betrayal means Emma finding herself alone, her own talents for deception develop into an overwhelming and obsessive desire for her to get her revenge.
Producers
Original title Pleasure
Directors Ian Sharp
Writers Christopher Hood

Cast

Jennifer Ehle

as Emma Desneuves

Adrian Dunbar

as Gustave Coudray

James Larkin

as Charles Desneuves

Rosalind Knight

as Madame Desneuves

Judith Paris

as La Patronne

Robert Austin

as Le Patron

Sarah Badel

as The Widow

Trevor Byfield

as Hotelier

John Forgeham

as Police Chief

Sarah Franzl

as Young Widow

Mark McGann

as Detective Jimenez

Michael McGinn

as Terrorist

Beth Porter

as Amber

Bryan Pringle

as Flaubert

Mireille Rivat

as Tart