Whatever it is that French women have ... Madame Bovary had more of it!
In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.
- Bleak ending
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Grave, classical in form, meticulous and prestige.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
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“Is the polish hiding a lack of heart?”
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“Is Jennifer Jones miscast as Emma Bovary?”
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- John Chardon TMDB · Jul 20159/10
Do you know, Charles, why that clock strikes? To announce the death of another hour. Madame Bovary is directed by Vincente Minnelli and adapted to screenplay by Robert Ardrey from the Gustave Flaubert novel. It stars Jennifer Jones, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin, Gene Lockhart and James Mason. Music is by Miklós Rózsa and cinematography by Robert H. Planck. It's most interesting now watching Minnelli's picture and being able to place it in the time it was made. Also of major interest is reading up on what the critics of the time had to say about it. This version is an undoubted lesson in the technical crafts of film making, the visuals, the sound, art design, costuming and a literary pumped screenplay that allows the cast to play it classical. It's also black hearted, perfectly in keeping with the gathering storm of the era that was film noir. Here is the monster. Some of the complaints about the film, to me anyway, just don't add up. Why do we need to care about anyone in this story? It's a dark tale of illicit passions, greed, betrayals, bad parenting and etc. Is this frowned upon in some circles because of love for the classic novel? Or because there's some esteem held
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Cast
- Jennifer JonesEmma Bovary
- James MasonGustave Flaubert
- Van HeflinCharles Bovary
- Louis JourdanRodolphe Boulanger
- Alf KjellinLeon Dupuis
- Gene LockhartJ. Homais
- Frank AllenbyLheureux
- Gladys CooperMadame Dupuis
- John AbbottMayor Tuvache
- Harry MorganHyppolite
Crew
- Vincente MinnelliDirector
- Robert ArdreyScreenplay
- Gustave FlaubertNovel
- Robert H. PlanckDirector of Photography
- Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
- Ferris WebsterEditor
- Pandro S. BermanProducer
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