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The Emma Bovary Trial

The Emma Bovary Trial

Sep 15, 2021 53m
6.8
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Synopsis

On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for contempt of public morality and religion. The accused, the real one, is, through him, Emma Bovary, heroine with a thousand faces and a thousand desires, guilty without doubt of an unforgivable desire to live.

Title The Emma Bovary Trial
Companies Gogogo Films, ARTE, CNC, TV5 Monde
Countries France
Keywords literature, trial, censorship, 19th century, classic literature, portrait of an artist, social scandal, book writing, french writer, controversial book, literature history
Natalia Dontcheva

Natalia Dontcheva

Self - Narrator (voice)
Vincent Sacripanti

Vincent Sacripanti

Self - Narrator (voice)
Tiago Gomes Rodrigues

Tiago Gomes Rodrigues

Self - Playwright
Catherine Millet

Catherine Millet

Self - Writer
Jacques Rancière

Jacques Rancière

Self - Philosopher
Régis Jauffret

Régis Jauffret

Self - Writer
Nathalie Sarraute

Nathalie Sarraute

Self - Writer (archive footage)
Maurice Nadeau

Maurice Nadeau

Self - Writer (archive footage)
Julian Barnes

Julian Barnes

Self - Writer (archive footage)
Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

Self - Actress (archive footage)
Mia Wasikowska

Mia Wasikowska

Self - Actress (archive footage)
Sophie Barthes

Sophie Barthes

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Jean Renoir

Jean Renoir

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)