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The Emma Bovary Trial

6.6Sep 15, 20210h 53mDocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

Directed by Audrey Gordon

Written by Audrey Gordon, Émilie Musset

On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for contempt of public morality and religion. The accused, the real one, is, through him, Emma Bovary, heroine with a thousand faces and a thousand desires, guilty without doubt of an unforgivable desire to live.

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Cast

Natalia Dontcheva

Natalia Dontcheva

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Vincent Sacripanti

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Tiago Gomes Rodrigues

Self - Playwright

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Catherine Millet

Self - Writer

Jacques Rancière

Jacques Rancière

Self - Philosopher

Karl Ove Knausgård

Karl Ove Knausgård

Self - Writer

Mario Vargas Llosa

Mario Vargas Llosa

Self - Writer

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Régis Jauffret

Self - Writer

Nathalie Sarraute

Nathalie Sarraute

Self - Writer (archive footage)

Maurice Nadeau

Maurice Nadeau

Self - Writer (archive footage)

Julian Barnes

Julian Barnes

Self - Writer (archive footage)

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

Self - Actress (archive footage)

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