In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a museum painting you want to steal
Production
Costume and set design that makes poverty look suspiciously gorgeous
Acting
Wasikowska's eyes do more work than the entire script
Director
Sophie Barthes
Mia Wasikowska
Emma Bovary
Rhys Ifans
Monsieur Lheureux
Ezra Miller
Leon Dupuis
Logan Marshall-Green
The Marquis
Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Charles Bovary
Laura Carmichael
Henriette
Olivier Gourmet
Monsieur Rouault
Paul Giamatti
Monsieur Homais
Luke Tittensor
Hippolyte
Richard Cordery
L'Abbe Bournisien
Wendy Nottingham
Madame Homais
Morfydd Clark
Camille
Simon Paisley Day
Bailiff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mia Wasikowska learned to play piano for the role, then most of her playing scenes got cut. Art imitates Emma's wasted talents.
Flaubert's novel was famously prosecuted for 'offenses against public morality' in 1857; this film's Emma is notably less sexually explicit than the book, shifting focus to economic ruin instead.
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