Bovary Madame

Stuck in a joyless marriage and a dull provincial town, Emma Bovary tirelessly pursues her romantic aspirations while confronting a cruel reality. She was sometimes described as irresponsible, light-hearted or inconsistent, but is she really? Emma Bovary is also a legendary figure in French literature, encircled by literary analyses and adaptations, so much so that we may think we already know her before meeting her in Flaubert's pages. Do we know, can we listen to her?

Christophe Honoré summons men around Emma and her intimacy: her husband Charles, her lovers Rodolphe and Léon, but also the pharmacist Homais and the tempter Lheureux, all bring to life the most illustrious episodes in Madame Bovary's career before Emma speaks again, asserting her subjectivity, sensuality and freedom.

Christophe Honoré thus paints the portrait of a heroine rediscovering the breath of her desires and hopes, sending us back to our judgments on a woman's life and choices. He entrusts Ludivine Sagnier with the role of this woman so renowned and mysterious, and whose aspiration to forge her own destiny remains a poignant scandal.