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Madame Bovary

Frywell, Tim. (Added Author). O'Connor, Frances, 1970- (Added Author). Bonneville, Hugh. (Added Author). Atkins, Eileen, 1934- (Added Author). BBC Video (Firm) (Added Author). Frances O'connor, Hugh Bonneville, Eileen Atkins. (Cast).

Summary: With dreams of escaping her provincial upbringing, Emma Rouault marries local doctor Charles Bovary. But it is not long before she feels constrained and frustrated by married life. Ignoring her devoted husband and immersing herself in romantic fantasies, Emma begins a string of affairs. First, a young student, Lon, captures her imagination, but when the dashing aristocrat, Rodolphe, shows Emma the alternatives to married life, she enters into the affair with body and soul.

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  • ISBN: 0780697979
  • Physical Description: videorecording
    videodisc
    1 videodisc (152 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Full screen.
  • Publisher: [United States] : BBC Video, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel by Gustave Flaubert.
Originally released as a made-for-TV movie in 2000.
Restrictions on Access Note:
LICENSED FOR HOME USE ONLY
Participant or Performer Note: Frances O'connor, Hugh Bonneville, Eileen Atkins.
Target Audience Note:
PARENTAL ACCOMPANIMENT - 14A - CHILDREN UNDER 14 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN Manitoba Film Classification Board
Rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD, full screen presentation, NTSC.
Language Note:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Subject: Married women -- Drama
Adultery -- Drama
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Drama
Genre: Made-for-TV movies.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Summary: With dreams of escaping her provincial upbringing, Emma Rouault marries local doctor Charles Bovary. But it is not long before she feels constrained and frustrated by married life. Ignoring her devoted husband and immersing herself in romantic fantasies, Emma begins a string of affairs. First, a young student, Lon, captures her imagination, but when the dashing aristocrat, Rodolphe, shows Emma the alternatives to married life, she enters into the affair with body and soul.

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