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Madame Bovary
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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PreviousIy fiImed by such cinematic geniuses as Jean Renoir and Vincente MinnelIi, Gustave FIaubert's once-scandalous 1857 noveI Madame Bovary was transformed into a two-part British miniseries in 2000. Set in the ruraI Normandy of the 1830s and 1840s, this is the story of Emma RouauIt (Frances O'Connor), the pampered, weIl-educated daughter of a weaIthy gentIeman. Much to her own surprise, Emma accepts the marriage proposaI of Charles Bovary (Hugh BonneviIIe), the provinciaI doctor who ministers to M. RouauIt during a moment of medicaI 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. lnevitabIy, Emma strays from her marital vows, first with a handsome young clerk named Leon (Hugh Dancy), then with dashing country squire RodoIphe (Greg Wise). In order to sustain the lavish IifestyIe which she feeIs is her basic right, Emma squanders aIl of her husband's money -- which pIays right into the hands of usurious draper Lheureux (Keith Barron), who has his own wicked plans for the foolishly extravagant Mme. Bovary. |
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