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Madame Bovary

1949 · 106 min

A lush, sorrowful costume drama that drifts through romantic longing and mounting debt toward quiet tragedy, handsomely staged but emotionally distant.

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

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • betrayal
  • class
  • death
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Vincente Minnelli
Written by
Robert Ardrey
Starring
Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin, Gene Lockhart, Frank Allenby, Gladys Cooper
Music
Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography
Robert H. Planck
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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