Paul Giamatti as Monsieur Homais, the local pharmacist.Ezra Miller as Leon Dupuis, one of Emma's lovers.She spends money she does not have on lavish dresses and decorations from the obsequious dry-goods dealer Monsieur Lheureux, who is all too happy to continue extending her credit. Their affair emboldens her as she believes it gives her a glimpse of the good life. However, she is intrigued by the dashing Marquis, who makes more overt advances.

She shows restraint at first, when smitten law clerk Leon Dupuis skittishly professes his affections for her.

Even when he is home, Emma feels bored or neglected by Charles.Įmma longs for more - excitement, passion, status, and love. She spends most of her time alone, reading or wandering in the garden while Charles tends to patients. However, she becomes bored and miserable in the small, provincial town of Yonville. The film stars Mia Wasikowska, Rhys Ifans, Ezra Miller, Logan Marshall-Green, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Laura Carmichael, Olivier Gourmet, and Paul Giamatti.Įmma, a young woman who is not yet 18 years old, packs up her belongings and prepares to leave the convent to marry the man her farmer father has arranged as her husband: country doctor Charles Bovary. Madame Bovary is a 2014 historical romantic drama film directed by Sophie Barthes, based on the 1856 novel of the same name by French author Gustave Flaubert.

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