![]() ![]() ![]() “As you mature as a reader, the novel opens your eyes on different aspects on the human psyche.” You can read the novel at different times of your life and read it completely differently,” Barthes recently told Indiewire. ![]() In fact, it was the tangled nature of Flaubert’s story - and his leading lady - that attracted Barthes to the project. The result is a mostly faithful take on the novel, which sees Mia Wasikowska memorably taking up the role of Emma Bovary, a once-pious young woman in provincial France who grows weary of her life as the wife of doctor, ultimately seeking out more (and more) in the form of various lovers and a growing appetite for material goods (particularly sumptuous gowns, lovingly brought to the screen by costume designers Christian Gasc and Valerie Ranchoux).Īlex Gibney Feared Paul Simon’s Reputation, but Was Touched by His Vulnerability While Making New DocĪs is so often the case in stories like this, Emma’s end is a biting, painful and decidedly downbeat one.īarthes counts Flaubert as one of her favorite writers, but that doesn’t mean that the willfully obtuse and endlessly intricate story of “Madame Bovary” was any easier for her to tackle from a filmmaking standpoint. But that didn’t stop filmmaker Sophie Barthes from wanting to make it her own.įor her version, Barthes abstained from trying to turn the story of a brutally unsatisfied woman - Madame Bovary herself - into an overly modern tale about shame and the consumption of material goods, instead relying on the strength of Flaubert’s original story. Gustave Flaubert’s classic novel “ Madame Bovary” is no stranger to the big screen, as the 1865 book (impressively enough, it was Flaubert’s debut novel) has been translated to film at least seven times over the decades, including a Jean Renoir-directed version from 1934 and a breathless, Isabelle Huppert-starring 1991 take from Claude Chabrol. READ MORE: Mia Wasikowska on Being ‘Crucified’ For ‘Madame Bovary’ and the Grueling Experience of ‘Crimson Peak’ ![]()
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