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Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy, Jean Yanne, Lucas Belvaux
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Madame Bovary |
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Based on Gustave Flaubert novel, MADAME BOVARY is a movie written and directed by Claude Chabrol in 1991. This film earned a nomination for the Academy Award in the Best Costume Design category.
Emma, the daughter of a farmer, marries Doctor Bovary. Soon, the young woman is bored by the monotonous life her husband is offering her. Emma, an avid reader, dreams of romantic affairs with interesting men. A few months later, she begins to cheat on her husband with Rodolphe Boulanger and Leon Dupuy, a lawyer's clerk, but the intensity of her love will scare both men who'll abandon her when the usurers will harass her. Emma Bovary will not fulfill her dreams of happiness in this life.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 19th century
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Forest?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- book
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