The Emma Bovary Trial (2021)

The Emma Bovary Trial (2021)

2021-09-15 France 53 Min. PG-13
6.8 4 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

Natalia Dontcheva is Self - Narrator (voice)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Vincent Sacripanti is Self - Narrator (voice)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Tiago Gomes Rodrigues is Self - Playwright
Self - Playwright
Catherine Millet is Self - Writer
Self - Writer
Jacques Rancière is Self - Philosopher
Self - Philosopher
Karl Ove Knausgård is Self - Writer
Self - Writer
Mario Vargas Llosa is Self - Writer
Self - Writer
Régis Jauffret is Self - Writer
Self - Writer
Nathalie Sarraute is Self - Writer (archive footage)
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Maurice Nadeau is Self - Writer (archive footage)
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Julian Barnes is Self - Writer (archive footage)
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Isabelle Huppert is Self - Actress (archive footage)
Self - Actress (archive footage)