The Emma Bovary Trial

    The Emma Bovary Trial
    2021

    Synopsis

    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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    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
    • Nathalie SarrauteSelf - Writer (archive footage)
    • Maurice NadeauSelf - Writer (archive footage)

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