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The Emma Bovary Trial

The Emma Bovary Trial

2021-09-15 53 Min 6.8

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Le Procès d'Emma Bovary

Director

Audrey Gordon
Natalia Dontcheva
Natalia Dontcheva
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Vincent Sacripanti
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Tiago Gomes Rodrigues
Self - Playwright
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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
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Régis Jauffret
Self - Writer
Nathalie Sarraute
Nathalie Sarraute
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Maurice Nadeau
Maurice Nadeau
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Huppert
Self - Actress (archive footage)