Madame Bovary

2000

180 min

6.3

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Drama, Romance

Director

Tim Fywell

Country

United Kingdom

Cast & Crew

Frances O'Connor

Greg Wise

Eileen Atkins

Hugh Bonneville

Keith Barron

Jessica Oyelowo

Trevor Peacock

David Troughton

Stanley Lebor

Hugh Dancy

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Madame 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.

  • Frances O'Connor

  • Greg Wise

  • Eileen Atkins

  • Hugh Bonneville

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