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Gemma Bovery

2014 · 99 min

A wry, literate pleasure: watching a bookish baker watch a life imitate a novel, with gentle irony and a soft ache.

Directed by
Anne Fontaine
Genres
Romance, Drama, Comedy
Starring
Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng, Fabrice Luchini
Overview
Martin, an ex-Parisian well-heeled hipster passionate about Gustave Flaubert who settled into a Norman village as a baker, sees an English couple moving into a small farm nearby. Not only are the names of the new arrivals Gemma and Charles Bovery, but their behavior also seems to be inspired by Flaubert's heroes.

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Directed by
Anne Fontaine
Genres
Romance, Drama, Comedy
Starring
Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng, Fabrice Luchini
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • love
  • betrayal
  • fate
  • identity
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

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romance, drama, comedy
Directed by
Anne Fontaine
Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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99 min
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Languages
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