Plot
In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire (Emma Rouault) marries a dull country doctor (Charles Bovary). To escape boredom, she throws herself into love affairs with a suave local landowner (Rodolphe Boulanger) and a law student (Leon Dupuis), and runs up ruinous debts. This film version closely follows Flaubert's novel and includes most of the famous scenes, such as the wedding, the ball, the agricultural fair, the operation on the clubfoot, and the opera in Rouen.
Written by
Gustave Flaubert, Claude Chabrol
Directed by
Claude Chabrol
Crew
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
MK2 Films, Canal+, Le Club des Investisseurs, Credit Lyonnais, FR3 Films Production, CED Productions, Conseil Régional de Haute Normandie, Conseil Général de l'Eure
Languages
Français
Awards
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total