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Madame Bovary

1991·2h 23m·PG-13
DramaRomance
IMDb Rating
★ 6.6/10
4,952 votes

In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire marries a dull country doctor. To escape boredom, she throws herself into love affairs with a suave local landowner and a law student, and runs up ruinous debts.

Madame Bovary is a 1991 drama romance movie directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Jean-François Balmer, Jean Yanne, Isabelle Huppert. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.6/10 from 4,952 votes and runs 2h 23m.

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Director
Claude Chabrol
Stars
Jean-François Balmer
Jean Yanne
Isabelle Huppert
Christophe Malavoy
Details
1991-12-25
143 min
Movie
PG-13
★ France
★ French, Latin
Keywords
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