Film
The Emma Bovary Trial
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.
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.
Cast
- Natalia DontchevaSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Vincent SacripantiSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Tiago Gomes RodriguesSelf - Playwright
- Catherine MilletSelf - Writer
- Jacques RancièreSelf - Philosopher
- Karl Ove KnausgårdSelf - Writer
- Mario Vargas LlosaSelf - Writer
- Régis JauffretSelf - Writer
