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Madame Bovary 2015 123movies

Madame Bovary 2015 123movies

Jun. 04, 2015118 Min.
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Watch: Madame Bovary 2014 123movies, Full Movie Online – Adapted from Flaubert’s classic novel, Madame Bovary tells the tragic story of Emma (Wasikowska), a young beauty who impulsively marries a small-town doctor (Lloyd-Hughes) to leave her father’s (Giamatti) pig farm behind. But after being introduced to the glamorous world of high society, she soon becomes bored with her stodgy mate and seeks excitement and status outside the bonds of marriage..
Plot: The classic story of Emma Bovary, the beautiful wife of a small-town doctor in 19th century France, who engages in extra marital affairs in an attempt to advance her social status.
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Ratings:

5.7/10 Votes: 8,435
43% | RottenTomatoes
52/100 | MetaCritic
N/A Votes: 371 Popularity: 11.994 | TMDB

Reviews:

Oh Lord, This is Excruciatingly Bad . . .
Casting is totally off. Charles Bovary is supposed to be a large, good-natured, undemanding drudge of a man, hard-working and country bumpkin-ish without any slim, well-tailored glamour. Instead we get this svelte, firm, and resolute executive type with patent-leather hair. (Don’t know if he ever did it, but the young Gerard Depardieu is the perfect physical type.) This is important because her spouse’s rustic dullness as she perceives it has to be seen in the actor chosen. The Emma character has no obvious allure in this adaptation. Why are these men so attracted to her beyond an impression that she’d be “easy”?

The whole plot involving Leon’s legitimate reasons for visiting the house is mangled, as is the genesis of the attempt by Charles to correct Hippolyte’s medical issue and the surgery’s outcome. Boneheaded decisions abound, such as the decision to change the sumptuous, romantic ball that quickened Emma’s economic and sensual envy into a grubby, sweaty stag hunt. Worst of all its many bad decisions, this film totally eliminates the Bovarys’ baby daughter Berthe, whose existence is essential to our understanding of how huge the final tragedy really is and its domino effects far beyond Emma and Charles.

I rarely write reviews but, when such violence is done to one of the great works of world literature, I do get annoyed. Apart from a bit of recognition for production values including cinematography, sets, location detail, costumes, I have to give this sloppy, bloodless and point-missing attempt the welcome it deserves.

Review By: mkd002
Pleasant but shallow adaptation of the classic novel
“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). Notable directors include Renoir (1933), Minnelli (1949) and Chabrol (1991). Some movies are not strictly based on the story but are remotely inspired by it, for instance “Abraham’s Valley” by Oliveira (1993).

Hence why a new adaptation? In general, the main reasons for filming literature are either to create an altogether new dimension to the story (one of the best examples is “Vertigo” by Hitchcock), either to reveal emotions or thoughts from the book. “Madame Bovary” by Sophie Barthes tries to achieve the latter, with limited success. It almost constitutes a case study of the benefits and limits of novel adaptation.

THE ADAPTATION IS NARROW…

One issue about filmed literature is the necessity to select events, characters, themes, etc. else the movie would run for hours. “Madame Bovary” cuts a great deal from the book.
* One feels the action runs for less than a year while it actually lasts for eight (from the wedding to Emma’s death) or, if we take into account all of the original story, for more than twelve years.
* Significant characters appear only a few times: Emma’s father, Homais, Hippolyte, the priest, the mayor, etc. Many are simply discarded. We do not see Charles’ parents nor his first marriage and his wife’s death.
* The Bovarys do not move to a bigger town and, most significantly, they do not have a daughter.
* Charles has a small role in the movie, while in the book the first chapters are dedicated to him and he remains very present.

… YET NOT DEEP

So the movie focuses on Emma. This would not be an issue if the character and related themes were given more depth. Notably, an important aspect of the novel is how Emma fantasises about an ideal life before crashing against reality (one of the reasons why Flaubert said: “Madame Bovary, c’est moi”).
* This is famously illustrated by a fabulous party in a castle, thrilling Emma for weeks onwards, during which she idolises a cigar case lost that evening. In the movie, the party is replaced by a hunting scene. Transposing the event is not a drawback in itself; formally the scene is actually well done. However it does not show how Emma becomes exalted: she is just shocked by the deer’s death (this has a symbolic meaning of course, but the result is thin). The cigar case afterwards simply becomes an object to return to its owner.
* Another key scene of the novel is an opera that exalts Emma’s romantic feelings. Here, it is replaced by a small concert in a castle, probably because a full-scale opera would have been too costly to produce, which is fair enough. Yet we do not see Emma transcended by art and beauty.

A different aspect of the novel’s main character is her constant greed, which can render her ruthless. For instance, she nastily dismisses her first maid and she pushes Charles to operate poor Hippolyte purely out of calculated ambition. This is not depicted in the movie, probably not to highlight her dark side, but then her personality loses complexity.

I think that direction is responsible rather than acting: Mia Wasikowska is not just pretty, she is a great actress, as she already demonstrated in “Jane Eyre” (Fukunaga), from another 19th century classic. She illuminates the screen with hope, desire, love, joy, misunderstanding, boredom, loss, despair, hate… even though her deep motives are not depicted. Other actors also are convincing and could have shown the full scale of their talent if their roles had not been reduced to a minimum. The most impressive is Rhys Ifans as a manipulative bastard (Lheureux).

Another important theme of the book is pettiness, notably in the countryside that Flaubert despised: gossips, shallow friendships, false supports, greed, treachery. This is not shown in the movie, except with Lheureux. Homais even seems to support Charles until the end, in contradiction with the story and the essence of the novel. Eventually the movie also misses Flaubert’s cruel ending: the good Charles dies of sorrow, his daughter becomes poor and the sleazy Homais triumphs.

SOME QUALITIES

Not fully sticking to the novel is not an issue in itself, nor is disregarding some themes and characters, but not filling the resulting gap is. In the end, what emerges from the movie?
* An excellent illustration of 19th century countryside life: settings, costumes, lighting, colours, occupations, slow pace.
* Many scenes are shot as beautiful paintings.
* Rhythm is balanced: slow enough to illustrate everyday life, fast enough to be interesting.
* Structure is gripping: the whole movie can be seen as a flashback of Emma’s life that she remembers as she dies.
In summary, apart from the sad story, watching is pleasant.

Hence it is unfortunate the film lacks content because if it had more depth, coupled with the existing technique and talented actors, it could have been a great movie. However, to be fair, it is generally considered that none of the previous adaptations of “Madame Bovary” are outstanding, except perhaps “Abraham’s Valley”.

Review By: Teyss

Other Information:

Original Title Madame Bovary
Release Date 2015-06-04
Release Year 2014

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 58 min (118 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 658532
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama, Romance
Director Sophie Barthes
Writer Felipe Marino, Sophie Barthes, Gustave Flaubert
Actors Mia Wasikowska, Rhys Ifans, Ezra Miller
Country Germany, Belgium, United States
Awards 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A


Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arricam LT, Leitz SUMMILUX-C Lenses
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Techniscope (source format)
Printed Film Format D-Cinema

Madame Bovary 2015 123movies
Madame Bovary 2015 123movies
Madame Bovary 2015 123movies
Original title Madame Bovary
TMDb Rating 5.725 371 votes

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