The Emma Bovary Trial
The Emma Bovary Trial

The Emma Bovary Trial (15/09/2021)

Synopsis

On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for contempt of public morality and religion. The accused, the real one, is, through him, Emma Bovary, heroine with a thousand faces and a thousand desires, guilty without doubt of an unforgivable desire to live.

Production

Gogogo Films, ARTE, CNC, TV5 Monde

Pays de production

France

Genres

Documentary, History, TV Movie

Natalia Dontcheva

Natalia Dontcheva

Jacques Rancière

Jacques Rancière

Karl Ove Knausgård

Karl Ove Knausgård

Mario Vargas Llosa

Mario Vargas Llosa

Nathalie Sarraute

Nathalie Sarraute

Maurice Nadeau

Maurice Nadeau