The Emma Bovary Trial

The Emma Bovary Trial

53 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Sept. 15, 2021

On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for contempt of public morality and religion. The accused, the real one, is, through him, Emma Bovary, heroine with a thousand faces and a thousand desires, guilty without doubt of an unforgivable desire to live.

The Emma Bovary Trial

53 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Sept. 15, 2021

The Emma Bovary Trial
On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for contempt of public morality and religion. The accused, the real one, is, through him, Emma Bovary, heroine with a thousand faces and a thousand desires, guilty without doubt of an unforgivable desire to live.
Producers ARTE, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, TV5 Monde, Gogogo Films
Original title Le Procès d'Emma Bovary
Directors Audrey Gordon
Writers Émilie Musset, Audrey Gordon

Cast

Natalia Dontcheva

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Vincent Sacripanti

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Tiago Gomes Rodrigues

as Self - Playwright

Catherine Millet

as Self - Writer

Jacques Rancière

as Self - Philosopher

Karl Ove Knausgård

as Self - Writer

Régis Jauffret

as Self - Writer

Nathalie Sarraute

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Maurice Nadeau

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Julian Barnes

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Isabelle Huppert

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

Mia Wasikowska

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

Sophie Barthes

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Jean Renoir

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)