The Emma Bovary Trial
2021
53min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
15 September 2021
Runtime
53min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
French
Production
Gogogo Films, ARTE, CNC, TV5 Monde
Cast
Natalia Dontcheva
Self - Narrator (voice)
Vincent Sacripanti
Self - Narrator (voice)
Tiago Gomes Rodrigues
Self - Playwright
Catherine Millet
Self - Writer
Jacques Rancière
Self - Philosopher
Karl Ove Knausgård
Self - Writer
Mario Vargas Llosa
Self - Writer
Régis Jauffret
Self - Writer
Nathalie Sarraute
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Maurice Nadeau
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Julian Barnes
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Isabelle Huppert
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Mia Wasikowska
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Sophie Barthes
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Jean Renoir
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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