The Emma Bovary Trial

The Emma Bovary Trial (2021)

September 15th, 20210h 53min

Documentary, History, TV Movie
68%

Overview

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.


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