Madame Bovary (2000)

Madame Bovary (2000) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Golden Globes

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
150 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2000 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Tim Fywell

Written By:
Gustave Flaubert
Heidi Thomas

Actors:
Frances O'Connor ..... Emma Bovary
Hugh Bonneville ..... Charles Bovary
Eileen Atkins ..... Marie Louise
Desmond Barrit ..... Guillaumin (episode 3)
Keith Barron ..... L'heureux (episodes 2, 3)
Adam Cooper ..... Vicomte (episode 1)
Hugh Dancy ..... Leon
Marian Diamond ..... Sister Marie Paul (episode 1)
Claire Hackett ..... Madame Homais (episodes 2, 3)
Jenny Howe ..... Sister Evangeline (episode 1)
Barbara Jefford ..... Marquise (episode 1)
Stanley Lebor ..... Binet
Mary MacLeod ..... Madame Lefrancois (as Mary Macleod)
Roy Macready ..... Vincart (episode 3)
Phillip Manikum ..... Lestiboudois
Joe McGann ..... Paul
Jessica Oyelowo ..... Felicite
Trevor Peacock ..... Rouault
Joe Roberts ..... Justin (episodes 2, 3)
Willie Ross ..... Hurdy Gurdy Man (episodes 1, 3)
David Troughton ..... Homais
Thomas Wheatley ..... Dr. Canivet (episode 2)
Greg Wise ..... Rodolphe (episodes 2, 3)

Synopsis:

Previously filmed by such cinematic geniuses as Jean Renoir and Vincente Minnelli, Gustave Flaubert's once-scandalous 1857 novel Madame Bovary was transformed into a two-part British miniseries in 2000. Set in the rural Normandy of the 1830s and 1840s, this is the story of Emma Rouault (Frances O'Connor), the pampered, well-educated daughter of a wealthy gentleman. Much to her own surprise, Emma accepts the marriage proposal of Charles Bovary (Hugh Bonneville), the provincial doctor who ministers to M. Rouault during a moment of medical crisis. Once she has become Madame Bovary, Emma quickly grows bored with her bourgeois existence, retreating into erotic fantasies stoked by her addiction to romantic novels. Inevitably, Emma strays from her marital vows, first with a handsome young clerk named Leon (Hugh Dancy), then with dashing country squire Rodolphe (Greg Wise). In order to sustain the lavish lifestyle which she feels is her basic right, Emma squanders all of her husband's money -- which plays right into the hands of usurious draper Lheureux (Keith Barron), who has his own wicked plans for the foolishly extravagant Mme. Bovary.

Set in the rural Normandy of the 1830s and 1840s, this is the story of Emma Rouault (Frances O'Connor), the pampered, well-educated daughter of a wealthy gentleman. Much to her own surprise, Emma accepts the marriage proposal of Charles Bovary (Hugh Bonneville), the provincial doctor who ministers to M. Rouault during a moment of medical crisis. Once she has become Madame Bovary, Emma quickly grows bored with her bourgeois existence, retreating into erotic fantasies stoked by her addiction to romantic novels. Inevitably, Emma strays from her marital vows, first with a handsome young clerk named Leon (Hugh Dancy), then with dashing country squire Rodolphe (Greg Wise). In order to sustain the lavish lifestyle which she feels is her basic right, Emma squanders all of her husband's money - which plays right into the hands of usurious draper Lheureux (Keith Barron), who has his own wicked plans for the foolishly extravagant Mme. Bovary.

A young woman in her late teens, a reader of novels and with high hopes of romance and passion, marries a widowed country doctor. Although he dotes on her, she is soon bored and discontent. First, she gives her imagination to a law student in town, and next she takes a lover. When he refuses to run away with her, she takes up again with the law clerk. Her spending on dresses and furnishings mounts; these debts and her ill-advised professional counsel to her husband bring his ruin.

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