Gemma Bovery

Directed by Anne Fontaine

For Gemma Bovery, Anne Fontaine has turned to Gustave Flaubert’s novel of romantic yearning, Madame Bovary, for an imaginative recasting of a timeless masterpiece. Fontaine’s film naturally orbits around its young, married protagonist – in this telling an Englishwoman named Gemma who moves into a small French village with her husband. Also at its centre is Martin Joubert, a baker who has only recently fled Paris, along with his long-suffering wife, in search of stability and equilibrium. Martin rapidly takes a proprietary interest in the English beauty and falls under the spell of her charm. Gemma’s passionate nature is ill-served by her husband, and it’s not long before her eye starts to wander.

Duration:
99 minutes

Languages:
English

Country of origin:
France

Year of production:
2014