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The Emma Bovary Trial
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The Emma Bovary Trial

2021-09-15 · 53 min · ★ 6.6

Documentary · History · TV Movie

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.

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Directors
Audrey Gordon
Production companies
Gogogo Films, ARTE, CNC, TV5 Monde
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Natalia DontchevaNatalia DontchevaSelf - Narrator (voice)
Vincent SacripantiSelf - Narrator (voice)
Tiago Gomes RodriguesSelf - Playwright
Catherine MilletSelf - Writer
Jacques RancièreJacques RancièreSelf - Philosopher
Karl Ove KnausgårdKarl Ove KnausgårdSelf - Writer
Mario Vargas LlosaMario Vargas LlosaSelf - Writer
Régis JauffretSelf - Writer
Nathalie SarrauteNathalie SarrauteSelf - Writer (archive footage)
Maurice NadeauMaurice NadeauSelf - Writer (archive footage)
Julian BarnesJulian BarnesSelf - Writer (archive footage)
Isabelle HuppertIsabelle HuppertSelf - Actress (archive footage)
Mia WasikowskaMia WasikowskaSelf - Actress (archive footage)
Sophie BarthesSophie BarthesSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Jean RenoirJean RenoirSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)

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