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Feature film — 2021

The Emma Bovary Trial (2021)

6.60h 53mDocumentary — History — 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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A high-signal pick with 5 votes.

Gogogo Films / ARTE / CNC / TV5 Monde

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Director: Audrey Gordon

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Cast & crew

Natalia Dontcheva as Self - Narrator (voice)

Natalia Dontcheva

Self - Narrator (voice)

V

Vincent Sacripanti

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Tiago Gomes Rodrigues

Self - Playwright

C

Catherine Millet

Self - Writer

Jacques Rancière as Self - Philosopher

Jacques Rancière

Self - Philosopher

Karl Ove Knausgård as Self - Writer

Karl Ove Knausgård

Self - Writer

Mario Vargas Llosa as Self - Writer

Mario Vargas Llosa

Self - Writer

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Régis Jauffret

Self - Writer

Nathalie Sarraute as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Nathalie Sarraute

Self - Writer (archive footage)

Maurice Nadeau as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Maurice Nadeau

Self - Writer (archive footage)

Julian Barnes as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Julian Barnes

Self - Writer (archive footage)

Isabelle Huppert as Self - Actress (archive footage)

Isabelle Huppert

Self - Actress (archive footage)

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