Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary (1949)

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Overview

A provincial doctor's wife's romantic illusions about life and social status lead her to betray her naive husband, take on lovers and run up ruinous debts.

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Jennifer Jones

Emma Bovary
James Mason

Gustave Flaubert
Van Heflin

Charles Bovary
Louis Jourdan

Rodolphe Boulanger
Alf Kjellin

Leon Dupuis
Gene Lockhart

J. Homais

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Original Language English

Runtime 1h 55m

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August 25, 1949
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A review by John Chard

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By John Chard

Do you know, Charles, why that clock strikes? To announce the death of another hour.

Madame Bovary is directed by Vincente Minnelli and adapted to screenplay by Robert Ardrey from the Gustave Flaubert novel. It stars Jennifer Jones, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin, Gene Lockhart and James Mason. Music is by Miklós Rózsa and cinematography by Robert H. Planck.

It's most interesting now watching Minnelli's picture and being able to place it in the time it was made. Also of major interest is reading up on what the critics of the time had to say about it. This version is an undoubted... read the rest.

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