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Madame Bovary

Based on the book... • Drama, Romance, R, 03-Apr-1991

Claude Chabrol's elegant adaptation of Flaubert's classic, with Isabelle Huppert in superb form as his tragic heroine, Emma.

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Isabelle Huppert Emma Bovary
Francois Perier the voice of
Jean-Francois Balmer Charles Bovary

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