2015 · drama
Madame Bovary
Directed by Sophie Barthes1h 58m2015
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.
Our read: Madame Bovary (2015) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
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How Madame Bovary feels to watch.
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“You want lush period despair about boredom, debt, and forbidden longing.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if tragic adultery and financial ruin will leave you hollow tonight.
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