The Emma Bovary Trial (TV)
2021 · Documentary · 53 min. · France
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.
Direction Audrey Gordon
Cast Julian Barnes · Sophie Barthes · Régis Jauffret · Karl Ove Knausgård · Catherine Millet · Jacques Rancière · Tiago Rodrigues · Nathalie Sarraute · Mario Vargas Llosa · Mia Wasikowska · Natalia Dontcheva · Vincent Sacripanti
Soundtrack Antoine Assayas
Screenplay Audrey Gordon · Émilie Musset
Original title Le procès d'Emma Bovary
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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