Bored in her marriage to a country doctor and stifled by life in a small town, the restless Emma Bovary pursues her dreams of passion and excitement, whatever they may cost.Bored in her marriage to a country doctor and stifled by life in a small town, the restless Emma Bovary pursues her dreams of passion and excitement, whatever they may cost.Bored in her marriage to a country doctor and stifled by life in a small town, the restless Emma Bovary pursues her dreams of passion and excitement, whatever they may cost.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
- Recital Singer
- (as Romeo Fidanza)
- Recital Singer
- (as Sophie Féjoz)
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Storyline
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- TriviaThis is actress Mia Wasikowska's fifth period drama set in the 19th century.
- Quotes
Emma Bovary: I realized that before getting married I was contemplating my coming life like a child. In a theater, um... sitting there in high spirits, and eagerly waiting for the play to begin. It was a blessing in my early youth that I did not know what was really going to happen. When I look back now, it seems that I was like an innocent prisoner, condemned not to death, but to life, and as-yet unconscious of what the sentence meant. And the longer I live, the more clearly I feel that on a whole, life's a disappointment.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Le procès d'Emma Bovary (2021)
The whole plot involving Leon's legitimate reasons for visiting the house is mangled, as is the genesis of the attempt by Charles to correct Hippolyte's medical issue and the surgery's outcome. Boneheaded decisions abound, such as the decision to change the sumptuous, romantic ball that quickened Emma's economic and sensual envy into a grubby, sweaty stag hunt. Worst of all its many bad decisions, this film totally eliminates the Bovarys' baby daughter Berthe, whose existence is essential to our understanding of how huge the final tragedy really is and its domino effects far beyond Emma and Charles.
I rarely write reviews but, when such violence is done to one of the great works of world literature, I do get annoyed. Apart from a bit of recognition for production values including cinematography, sets, location detail, costumes, I have to give this sloppy, bloodless and point-missing attempt the welcome it deserves.
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- Also known as
- Пані Боварі
- Filming locations
- Saint-Germain-de-la-Coudre, Orne, France(location)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $44,235
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $20,841
- Jun 14, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $658,532
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1