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Gemma Bovery is a french film of genre Drama directed by Anne Fontaine with Fabrice Luchini
Gemma Bovery (2014)
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Add to a movie listGemma Bovery is a 2014 French-British comedy-drama film based on Posy Simmonds' 1999 graphic novel of the same name. Directed by Anne Fontaine, the film stars Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng, Mel Raido, and Fabrice Luchini. The film premiered in the Special Presentations section at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2014.
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Martin (Fabrice Luchini), an ex-Parisian with a deep appreciation for Gustave Flaubert, has settled in a village in Normandy as a baker. He sees a British couple moving into an old property across the road. Their names, Gemma (Gemma Arterton) and Charles Bovery (Jason Flemyng), echo those of the leading characters in Flaubert's 1856 masterpiece Madame Bovary. Martin engages with the young couple and observes Gemma's behaviour replicates that of her namesake, including a series of romantic and sexual liaisons that suggest she is headed for a tragic finale like that of the novel. He intervenes but cannot alter the inevitable conclusion.Actors
Fabrice Luchini
(Martin)
Gemma Arterton
(Gemma Bovery)
Jason Flemyng
(Charlie)
Elsa Zylberstein
(Wizzy)
Mel Raido
(Patrick)
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