Madame Bovary (1934 film)

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Madame Bovary
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Directed by Jean Renoir
Screenplay byJean Renoir
Based on Madame Bovary
1857 novel
by Gustave Flaubert
Produced by Gaston Gallimard
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by Marguerite Renoir
Music by Darius Milhaud
Production
company
Distributed byNouvelle Société des Films
Release date
  • 12 January 1934 (1934-01-12)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

Madame Bovary is a 1934 French historical drama film directed by Jean Renoir, starring Max Dearly, Valentine Tessier and Pierre Renoir, and adapted from Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel Madame Bovary . [1]

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Plot summary

Cast

Critical reception

On the film's original release, Variety wrote that in interpreting the novel for film, "Renoir has done an exceptionally commendable job. Regardless of its snail-like pace, the production combines a straight simple narrative with a fine sense of background authenticity and dramatic understanding." The reviewer doubted however, that box office appeal would extend much beyond readers of the book, "despite the better than average quality of the film." [2]

References

  1. ↑ Donaldson-Evans p.193
  2. ↑ "Variety (November 1934)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. December 3, 1934 – via Internet Archive.

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