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The Emma Bovary Trial

The Emma Bovary Trial (2021)

September. 15,2021
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6.9
| History Documentary TV Movie

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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Cleveronix
2021/09/15

A different way of telling a story

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2021/09/16

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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Donald Seymour
2021/09/17

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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Dana
2021/09/18

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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