6.5
“Whatever it is that French women have ... Madame Bovary had more of it!”
Madame Bovary (1949)
August 25, 19491h 46mEN
6.8
57 votes
Overview
In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.
Director
Vincente MinnelliWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$2.1M
Revenue
$2.0M
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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John Chard
9.0Do 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…
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