Edition |
Widescreen ed. |
Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD. |
Note |
Masterpiece Theatre television adaptation broadcast in February, 2000. |
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Based on the novel by Gustave Flaubert. |
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Special feature: "A Complex Heart: Gustave Flaubert". |
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"Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video Inc."--Container. |
Cast |
Hugh Bonneville, Eileen Atkins, Frances O'Connor et al. |
Summary |
With dreams of escaping her provincial upbringing, Emma Rouault marries local doctor Charles Bovary. But it is not long before she feels constrained and frustrated by married life. Ignoring her devoted husband and immersing herself in romantic fantasies, Emma begins a string of affairs. First, a young student, Lon, captures her imagination, but when the dashing aristocrat, Rodolphe, shows Emma the alternatives to married life, she enters into the affair with body and soul. |
Audience |
Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A. |
Credits |
Director of photography: Chris Seager. |
Language |
English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880. Madame Bovary -- Film adaptations.
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Bovary, Emma (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Women -- France -- Social conditions -- Drama.
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Wives -- France -- Social conditions -- Drama.
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Adultery -- France -- Drama.
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France -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Films for the hearing impaired.
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Romance films.
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Feature films.
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Erotic films.
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Made-for-TV movies.
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Added Author |
Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880.
Madame Bovary.
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Fywell, Tim.
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Thomas, Heidi, 1967-
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Redston, Tony.
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Krichefski, Bernard.
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Bonneville, Hugh.
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Atkins, Eileen, 1934-
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O'Connor, Frances, 1967-
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BBC Films.
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WGBH Video (Firm)
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Added Title |
Madame Bovary (Motion picture : 2000)
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ISBN |
0780697979 |
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9780780697973 |
Standard No. |
883929252466 |
Music No. |
10723639 |
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