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The Emma Bovary Trial (2021)

★ 6.8/10 53 min Documentary, History, TV Movie France French
Director: Audrey Gordon
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Natalia Dontcheva
Natalia Dontcheva Self - Narrator (voice)
Vincent Sacripanti Self - Narrator (voice)
Tiago Gomes Rodrigues Self - Playwright
Catherine Millet Self - Writer
Jacques Rancière
Jacques Rancière Self - Philosopher
Karl Ove Knausgård
Karl Ove Knausgård Self - Writer
Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa Self - Writer
Régis Jauffret Self - Writer

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