Madame bovary is a 2014 germanbelgianamerican drama film directed by sophie barthes and starring mia wasikowska, henry lloydhughes, paul giamatti, and ezra miller. Contact info view agent, publicist, legal on imdbpro. Jul 04, 2015 madame bovary m, 118 minutes, opens thursday director sophie barthes stars mia wasikowska, rhys ifans, paul giamatti, henry lloydhughes, ezra miller, logan marshallgreen. The film begins as emma mia wasikowska, a young woman not yet 18, is packing. Sep 08, 2015 emma bovary mia wasikowska is married to doctor charles bovary henry lloyd hughes. After its premiere at telluride last year the film played in the special presentations programme at tiff. Felipe marino adapted the screenplay from gustave flauberts classic novel of. Set in normandy, france, madame bovary is gustave flauberts classic story of emma bovary mia wasikowska, a young beauty who impulsively. Mia wasikowska, paul giamatti, laura carmichael, erza miller, henry lloyd hughes, rhys ifans, logan marshall green, sophie barthes. This period film by director sophie barthes is the latest adaptation of french writer gustave flauberts 1856 debut novel about a woman teetering on the edge of disaster as she carries on illicit affairs in an attempt to suspend the boredom of an illconceived marriage.
Book read and sheltered away in a convent school for years, emma, finds married life to be more provincial then she perhaps anticipated. Madame bovary is half of a haunted, remarkably empathetic film. Madame bovary is actress mia wasikowskas fifth period drama set in the 19th century, and perhaps her consistently measured performance is one reason that this latest take on gustave flaubert. Jun 15, 2015 madame bovary is actress mia wasikowskas fifth period drama set in the 19th century, and perhaps her consistently measured performance is one reason that this latest take on gustave flaubert. Madame bovary on bluray 687797144966 from millennium entertainment. Whilst the young french woman seems happy at the beginning, her life progressively becomes boring. The british actor best known for the uk comedy the inbetweeners has scored the male lead in director sophie barthes take on the literary classic. Mia wasikowska stars as bovary and henry lloydhughes portrays her husband, an honorable but uninspired doctor who plays everything safe. Madame bovary is a 2014 drama film directed by sophie barthes and starring mia wasikowska, henry lloydhughes, paul giamatti, and ezra miller.
Emma mia wasikowska, the daughter of a pig farmer olivier gourmet, has high hopes of being a saintly person during her education at a convent, but after these expectations are dashed, she leaves and marries charles bovary henry lloydhughes, a country doctor in the small french town of yonville. Mia wasikowska is an engaging and powerful actress in this portrayal of flauberts masterpiece. In 2012, he starred as dimitri mitropoulos in the play posh, which played at the duke of. Madame bovary by sophie barthes mia wasikowska, rhys ifans. Jun 12, 2015 madame bovary, cest moi, gustave flaubert said of his most famous fictional creation. Bored in her marriage to a country doctor and stifled by life in a small town, the restless emma bovary pursues her dreams of passion and excitement, whatever they may cost. Unlike flauberts novel and also unlike fontaines recent updating. In this case the newly wedded lady emma bovary is played by australias mia wasikowska alice in wonderland, who looks as fetching as she has in any movie i have seen her in. Henry lloydhughes to star with mia wasikowska in madame. Madame bovary by flaubert, the famous literature classic, is one of the most adapted novels on screen and probably the most adapted french book together with the three musketeers by dumas. Mia wasikowska doesnt like marriage in madame bovary.
We then journey back to her finishing lessons and her catholic wedding to mustachioed country doctor charles henry lloyd hughes. There have been many film versions of gustave flauberts 1856 novel madame bovary, but this is the first one directed by a woman, frenchborn sophie barthes cold souls, who wrote the adaptation with rose barreneche. And yet, mrs bovary dreams of a better and more exciting life. Above all, lloydhughes is committed to the sartorial arts that this magazine passionately wishes to protect, elevate and sustain. She had a good life, with a good husband, and she destroys everything. We know him due to such great screen works as charles bovary from madame bovary, burisov from anna karenina and bear baiter from anonymous. Notable directors include renoir 1933, minnelli 1949 and chabrol 1991. This version of madame bovary as seen through emmas eyes is a haunting tone poem, with a sad, bluetinged beauty of its own. That husband turns out to be country doctor charles bovary henry lloydhughes, more goodhearted than he is in the novel but someone who doesnt understand emma at all and neglects her for his. The film is based on the 1856 novel of the same name by notable french. This costumedrama adaptation of flauberts madame bovary stays true to the plot. The latter tack comprises nearly the entire modus operandi of sophie barthess madame bovary, as gustave flauberts 19thcentury uberclassic, which possesses an ambiguous but mostly disdainful view of its titular character, is given a wholly empathetic sheen, where emma bovary mia wasikowska is shaped and molded by a patriarchal. The second season of indian summers is available to watch on. But life in the small, provincial town of yonville soon makes her miserable, as she spends her days alone reading or.
Rose barrenches adaptation of the gustave flaubert novel. Mia wasikowska, henry lloydhughes, rhys ifans, ezra miller, logan marshallgreen, paul giamatti, laura carmichael. Henry lloydhughes was born in august 1985 in london, england. Emma bovary mia wasikowska is married to doctor charles bovary henry lloydhughes. After being brought up in a convent, mme bovary is married to a good man in charles henry lloydhughes, a wellintentioned and respectful rural doctor. Jun 08, 2015 charles bovary might not seem, then, to be a role many actors would jump into eagerly, but that was not the case for henry lloydhughes, who plays opposite mia wasikowskas emma in sophie barthes new adaptation of madame bovary, in theaters this friday and featuring ezra miller as her lover. Its an intriguing concept for the performance if one takes the book into context, but its a detriment to this version, which wants us to see emma in a more sympathetic light. I think that in both the book and this film, emma is seeking some measure of power, and, of course, love, but in a reckless, unconscious way. Charles bovary henry lloydhughes and emma bovary mia. Set up his own cricket club called the bloody lads in 2011. Henry lloydhughes and mia wasikowska in madame bovary sophie barthes film, starring australias mia wasikowska as emma, crams her downfall into the first year of her marriage to kind, dull. In these times, getting married is what a young woman does.
Madame bovary is a satisfying film which unfortunately does not properly honour flauberts chefdoeuvre. Madame bovary 2014, directed by sophie barthes and starring mia wasikowska, henry lloydhughes, paul giamatti, and ezra millerwhy was madame bovary banned. Bored in her marriage to a country doctor and stifled by life in a small town, the restless emma bovary mia wasikowska pursues her dreams of passion and excitement, whatever they may cost. Nothingness appears to rule her monotonous existence.
Oct 31, 2019 madame bovary 2014, directed by sophie barthes and starring mia wasikowska, henry lloydhughes, paul giamatti, and ezra millerwhy was madame bovary banned. Gustave flauberts madame bovary was banned on sexual grounds. Also, the novel is about a cheating wife that was not accepted by a patriarchal society of 1857. The film opens with emma bovary dying alone outside on a trail in the autumn. Charles bovary might not seem, then, to be a role many actors would jump into eagerly, but that was not the case for henry lloydhughes, who plays opposite mia wasikowskas emma in sophie barthes new adaptation of madame bovary, in theaters this friday and featuring ezra miller as her lover. Madame bovary is directed by sophie barthes cold souls and written by felipe marino, adapting the classic book of the same name. Also starring ezra miller, paul giamatti and logan marshallgreen. Mia wasikowska, ezra miller, laura carmichael, paul giamatti, rhys ifans, logan marshallgreen, henry lloydhughes, richard cordery. Henry lloydhughes to star with mia wasikowska in madame bovary. Jun 12, 2015 there have been many film versions of gustave flauberts 1856 novel madame bovary, but this is the first one directed by a woman, frenchborn sophie barthes cold souls, who wrote the adaptation with rose barreneche.
Wasikowska plays the madame, emma, who, at a young age, marries a country doctor, charles bovary henry lloydhughes who loves her in an earnest, boring sort of way. Henry lloydhughes is charles bovary, the dull, decent country. Madame bovary lacks life experience and finds herself drawn to that which she ought not have been and making a lot of wrong decisions, which lands her in situations which would have been avoidable. Plus, henry lloydhughess doctor is the most sympathetic chap here, despite bad tache and icky way with a fried egg. Lloydhughes has appeared in numerous theatre productions, including rope, the miracle, punk rock, and the. Marriage is at first a dream for young emma bovary, keen to.
Jun 12, 2015 this madame bovary begins as teenage emma is packing up her belongings and preparing to leave the convent to marry the man her farmer father has arranged as her husband. After its premiere at telluride last year the film played in the special presentations. The film is based on the 1856 novel of the same name by notable french author gustave flaubert. Set in normandy, france, madame bovary is gustave flauberts classic story of emma bovary mia wasikowska, a young beauty who impulsively marries smalltown doctor, charles bovary henry lloyd. Madame bovary is a 2014 drama film directed by sophie barthes and starring mia wasikowska, henry lloyd hughes, paul giamatti, and ezra miller. The film is lovely to look at, not just for its gorgeous romantic leads that also include logan marshallgreen and henry lloydhughes, but also for its vibrant colors, and emma bovarys eleganza extravaganza of fashion. Just when madame bovary has seemingly consented to her. Sophie barthess madame bovary fiction and film for. Madame bovary is a period drama directed by sophie barthes cold souls. We then journey back to her finishing lessons and her catholic wedding to mustachioed country doctor charles henry lloydhughes. In feature films he has made his mark in adaptations of classic literature, starring in anna karenina, parades end and madame bovary. Madame bovary 2014, directed by sophie barthes and starring mia wasikowska, henry lloydhughes, paul giamatti, and ezra miller david lean s film ryans daughter 1970 was a loose adaptation of the story, relocating it to ireland during the time of the easter rebellion. That husband turns out to be country doctor charles bovary henry lloydhughes, more goodhearted than he is in the novel but someone who doesnt understand emma at.
I will probably one day write an incredibly terrible book using sports psychology to unlock the mysteries of acting. This period film by director sophie barthes is the latest adaptation of french writer gustave flauberts 1856 debut novel about a woman teetering on the edge of disaster as she carries on illicit affairs in an attempt to suspend the boredom of. Emma bovary is a young christian woman from normandy, france with proper values, whose marriage to the towns doctor she. Played the role of kenickie in a production of the musical grease when he was at school. However, film adaptations of madame bovary have yet to embody that. Lloyd hughes played charles bovary in the drama film madame bovary with mia wasikowska in the title role and which was released in 2014.
This madame bovary begins as teenage emma is packing up her belongings and preparing to leave the convent to marry the man her farmer father has arranged as her husband. But beyond that its a pretty mediocre period piece. Trailer 2014, charles bovary, cinema, emma bovary, ezra miller, film, gustave flaubert, henry lloydhughes, madame bovary, mia wasikowska, novel, rhys ifans, sophie barthes leave a comment. Mia wasikowska, logan marshallgreen, henry lloyd hughes, paul. Lloyd hughes has appeared in numerous theatre productions, including rope, the miracle, punk rock, and the changeling. Henry lloydhughes, variously enamored of local suitors and compelled to live, at the encouragement of merchant monsieur lheureux rhys ifans, well. Perhaps fittingly, and certainly to the movies advantage, barthes and barreneche excised the parts of the book that focused on. Emma mia wasikowska, the daughter of a pig farmer olivier gourmet, has high hopes of being a saintly person during her education at a convent, but after these expectations are dashed, she leaves and marries charles bovary henry lloyd hughes, a country doctor in the small french town of yonville. Madame bovary 2014, directed by sophie barthes and starring mia wasikowska, henry lloyd hughes, paul giamatti, and ezra miller david lean s film ryans daughter 1970 was a loose adaptation of the story, relocating it to ireland during the time of the easter rebellion. Madame bovary by sophie barthes mia wasikowska, rhys. Henri lloyd hughes tells, he had never dreamed to become an. Taking on a book with madame bovarys enduring clout is bound to be risky. An historian would also question the relative ease with which this married woman was able to sign legal documents on behalf of her husband, setting in motion the later proceedings against charles bovary henry lloyd hughes. Plus, henry lloydhughess doctor is the most sympathetic chap here, despite bad tache and icky way with a.
With mia wasikowska, rhys ifans, ezra miller, logan marshallgreen. Lloydhughes played charles bovary in the drama film madame bovary with mia wasikowska in the title role and which was released in 2014. Henry lloydhughes will star in madame bovary as charles bovary, the. Impulsive, vain and sometimes cruel, she is hardly the most sympathetic character in 19thcentury. Henry lloyd hughes moet british independent film awards 2015 held at old billingsgate market arrivals at old billingsgate london, united kingdom sunday 6th december 2015. Henry plays charles bovary, the husband of mia wasikowskas emma bovary. Staring ezra miller, mia wasikowska, logan marshallgreen and rhys ifans. Madame bovary sophie barthes follows up her 2009 debut, cold souls, with a lucid and enveloping take on flauberts oftfilmed classic. Henry lloydhughes will star in madame bovary as charles bovary, the provincial doctor husband of emma mia wasikowska who endeavors to love her despite her revolt against the ordinariness of her. He debuted on a big screen in 2004 at the age of 19. Though id never read the book, i had incredibly high expectations of the latest adaptation of madame bovary.