Madame Bovary (1949)

Director:

Vincente Minnelli

Writers:

Gustave Flaubert (novel)
Robert Ardrey (writer)

Release Date:

23 enero 1950 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

All she wanted was everything.

Plot:

A provincial doctor's wife's romantic illusions about life and social status lead her to betray her naive husband, take on lovers and run up ruinous debts.

Plot Keywords:

Estate Sale | Holy Unction | Bankruptcy | Disillusionment | Disappointment

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

must see for all women

Cast

Jennifer Jones	...	Emma Bovary
James Mason	...	Gustave Flaubert
Van Heflin	...	Charles Bovary
Louis Jourdan	...	Rodolphe Boulanger
Alf Kjellin	...	Leon Dupuis (as Christopher Kent)
Gene Lockhart	...	J. Homais
Frank Allenby	...	Lheureux
Gladys Cooper	...	Madame Dupuis
John Abbott	...	Mayor Tuvache
Harry Morgan	...	Hyppolite (as Henry Morgan)
George Zucco	...	Dubocage
Ellen Corby	...	Félicité
Eduard Franz	...	Rouault
Henri Letondal	...	Guillaumin
Esther Somers	...	Madame Lefrançois

También conocida como:

Madame Bovary (Argentina) [es]
Seductora, La (Chile) [es]

Duración:

Argentina:130 min | USA:115 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

Australia:PG | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

The Breen Office opposed the movie, saying that it had too many controversies and innuendo; everything from the makeup to the kissing scenes had be washed down a bit to pass the censors.

Quotes:

Gustave Flaubert: She had learned to be a woman for whom experience would always be a prison, and freedom would lie always beyond the horizon.

Movie Connections:

Edited into "Biography: Jennifer Jones: Portrait of a Lady" (2001)

must see for all women

I thought this movie was great and should be seen by all women and girls. I think it had a great message of how greed and envy can consume a person. I think that a lot of women suffer from this kind of wander lust. Jennifer Jones' Madame Bovary reminds me of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind. Both women wanting what they can't have and not appreciating the men who truly love them or their beautiful little girls. This movie also teaches the evils of over extending oneself on credit! Van Heflins portrayal of Dr. Bovary is a little weak but then so was the character, so maybe he didn't do so bad. I loved the costumes in Madame Bovary. Call me an old fashioned girl but I just loved this movie and the old fashioned message.