Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

Whatever it is that French women have ... Madame Bovary had more of it!

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Release Date

8/25/1949

Runtime

106 mins

Overview

A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when she grows tired of her limited social status.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$2,076,000

Revenue

$2,016,000

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A portrait of dissatisfaction and desire that traces a woman's unraveling as she pursues dreams beyond her station, culminating in tragedy. Flaubert's provincial world of thwarted longing feels both intimate and inevitable.

Mood

MelancholicWistfulBittersweetBleak

Themes

LoveIdentityAmbitionClassComing apart

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticPainterly

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Suicide and self-harm

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