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Madame Bovary (1949)
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Reviews Counted:3
Fresh:2
Rotten:1
Average Rating:N/A
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Emma Bovary, married to a stolid, unromantic doctor longs for a life both more passionate and upper class than her own. In a desperate search for love and satisfaction, she throws herself into... Emma Bovary, married to a stolid, unromantic doctor longs for a life both more passionate and upper class than her own. In a desperate search for love and satisfaction, she throws herself into torrid love affairs, and puts herself in dire financial straits by living extravagantly. When Emma realizes she will never achieve the exciting lifestyle she so desperately wants, her actions become more extreme, leading to her downfall... [More]
Starring: Van Heflin, Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Louis Jourdan
Starring: Van Heflin, Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Louis Jourdan, Gene Lockhart, Frank Allenby, Gladys Cooper, John Abbott
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Screenwriter: Robert Ardrey
Composer: Miklos Rozsa
Reviews for Madame Bovary
Grim melodrama, about the horrors of debt and living beyond your means.
One of Minnelli's most personal works, a film that embodies the glossy look of MGM and yet offers subversive interpretation of the classic novel, its modern heroine and the notion of romantic love.
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