Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and sensual Emma Bovary finds herself in calamitous debt and pursues scandalous sexual liaisons with absolute abandon. However, when her volatile lifestyle catches up to her, the lives of everyone around her are endangered.
Cast
Isabelle Huppert
Emma Bovary
Jean-François Balmer
Charles Bovary
Christophe Malavoy
Rodolphe Boulanger
Jean Yanne
M. Homais
Lucas Belvaux
Leon Dupuis
Christiane Minazzoli
La veuve Lefançois
Jean-Louis Maury
Merchant Lheureux
Henri Attal
Maître Hareng
François Périer
Narrateur
François Maistre
Lieuvain
Florent Gibassier
Hippolyte
Jean-Claude Bouillaud
Le père d'Emma
Sabeline Campo
Felicité
Yves Verhoeven
Justin
Marie Mergey
La mère de Charles
Thomas Chabrol
Le vicomte
Gilette Barbier
Natasie
Étienne Draber
Maitre Guillaumin
Pierre-François Dumeniaud
Hivert
Christine Paolini
Mère Roler
André Thorent
Dr. Canivet
Dominique Zardi
Blind man
Jacques Dynam
L' abbé Bournisien
Dominique Clément
Madame Homais
Phillippe Abitol
Unknown
Henry Ambert
Unknown
Jean-Marie Arnoux
Unknown
Olga Colin
Unknown
Claire Dalsace
Unknown
Catherine Deville
Unknown
Julien Dubois
Unknown
Julien Dubois
Unknown
Michel Dupuy
Unknown
Marie Guyot
Unknown
Jean Joulin
Unknown
Jean-Jacques Lagarde
Unknown
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Unknown
René Marjac
Unknown
Pierre Martot
Unknown
Bernard Mazzinghi
Unknown
Mona Muche
Unknown
Claude Pascadel
Unknown
Christian Paumelle
Unknown
Valérie Soudant
Unknown
Tina Sportolaro
Unknown
Aleksandr Vatkovic
Unknown
Philippe Verquin
Unknown
Pierre Vielhescaze
Unknown
Thierry Marcos
Serviteur Au Mariage (uncredited)
Crew
Claude Chabrol
Director, Screenplay
Gustave Flaubert
Novel
Monique Fardoulis
Editor
Jean Rabier
Director of Photography
Marin Karmitz
Producer
Michèle Abbé-Vannier
Production Design
Corinne Jorry
Costume Design
Pierre Berroyer
Hairstylist
Elisabeth Perchet
Makeup & Hair
Sandrine Coraux
Makeup & Hair
Catherine Demesmeaker
Makeup Artist
Brigitte Grynblat
Sound Editor
Jean-Bernard Thomasson
Sound Mixer
Maurice Gilbert
Sound Mixer
Matthieu Chabrol
Original Music Composer
Maurice Coignard
Music
Jean-Michel Bernard
Music
Jacques Mollon
Set Decoration
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