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Madame Bovary
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Previously filmed by such cinematic geniuses as Jean Renoir and Vincente MinneIli, Gustave Flaubert's once-scandaIous 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, welI-educated daughter of a weaIthy gentleman. Much to her own surprise, Emma accepts the marriage proposal of CharIes Bovary (Hugh BonneviIle), 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 noveIs. lnevitabIy, Emma strays from her maritaI vows, first with a handsome young cIerk named Leon (Hugh Dancy), then with dashing country squire Rodolphe (Greg Wise). ln order to sustain the lavish lifestyle which she feels is her basic right, Emma squanders aII 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 foolishIy extravagant Mme. Bovary. |
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