Gustave Flaubert’s classic novel “Madame Bovary” is no stranger to the big screen, as the 1865 book (impressively enough, it was Flaubert’s debut novel) has been translated to film at least seven ...

There’s a line from Gustave Flaubert’s 1856 novel “Madame Bovary” that reads, “Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers.” Mia Wasikowska paid no heed to this warning. The actress ...

Sophie Barthes’ “Madame Bovary” begins with an arresting image: A ghost-pale Emma Bovary (Mia Wasikowska) running through a damp forest, wearing a dress whose sallow green skirt is soaked with mud ...

It would seem unlikely that a story about a 19th century young French woman escaping her marriage and tedious provincial life by embarking on scandalous affairs would have much appeal to 21st century ...

Barthes’ pared down adaptation of the Flaubert novel is supple, hard hitting and feels contemporary, even set in the 19th century in a hidebound class conscious Normandy, France. Human behaviour has ...

Fresh off proving that she can totally rock a corset (plus, you know, poignantly bring to life one of literature’s most renowned characters) in last year’s Jane Eyre, young Aussie Mia Wasikowska is ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Let’s say that a couple named Tom and Daisy Buchanan move in next door. Do you assume that their life will unfold just like the identically named characters ...

The story of Madame Bovary can be a tough sell or an easy one depending on your personal point of view. Much of it hinges on whether you believe the titular character's actions are acceptable or not.

As a character study, Madame Bovary is interesting to watch, but hard to feel. It is a curiously unemotional account of some rather basic emotions. However, the surface treatment of Vincente ...