
The Emma Bovary Trial
Documentary · History · TV Movie
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Natalia Dontcheva
Natalia Dontcheva
Self - Narrator (voice)
Natalia Dontcheva
Self - Narrator (voice)
Vincent Sacripanti
Vincent Sacripanti
Self - Narrator (voice)
Vincent Sacripanti
Self - Narrator (voice)
Tiago Gomes Rodrigues
Tiago Gomes Rodrigues
Self - Playwright
Tiago Gomes Rodrigues
Self - Playwright
Catherine Millet
Catherine Millet
Self - Writer
Catherine Millet
Self - Writer


Jacques Rancière
Jacques Rancière
Self - Philosopher
Jacques Rancière
Self - Philosopher


Karl Ove Knausgård
Karl Ove Knausgård
Self - Writer
Karl Ove Knausgård
Self - Writer


Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa
Self - Writer
Mario Vargas Llosa
Self - Writer
Régis Jauffret
Régis Jauffret
Self - Writer
Régis Jauffret
Self - Writer


Nathalie Sarraute
Nathalie Sarraute
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Nathalie Sarraute
Self - Writer (archive footage)


Maurice Nadeau
Maurice Nadeau
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Maurice Nadeau
Self - Writer (archive footage)
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