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Film / 2021
The Emma Bovary Trial
Directed by
Audrey Gordon
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.
The story
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 DontchevaSelf - Narrator (voice)
Vincent SacripantiSelf - Narrator (voice)
Tiago Gomes RodriguesSelf - Playwright
Catherine MilletSelf - Writer
Jacques RancièreSelf - Philosopher
Karl Ove KnausgårdSelf - Writer
Mario Vargas LlosaSelf - Writer
Régis JauffretSelf - Writer
Nathalie SarrauteSelf - Writer (archive footage)
Maurice NadeauSelf - Writer (archive footage)
Julian BarnesSelf - Writer (archive footage)
Isabelle HuppertSelf - Actress (archive footage)
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