Lost me when they called it a love story. Madame Bovary is about a woman that spends all her life chasing the impossible fantasy that love and marriage is forever passionate and exciting like her novels. In the end she neglects a loving husband, is a horrible excuse for a mother, and lands the family in an assload of debt all for her selfish desires. "Classic love story" my ass. :P
He wasn't even successful (as the travesty of the foot operation showed) - he was a passionless mediocrity, but a devoted and well meaning one. No way could he handle, or even be aware of, what his young wife was feeling. Emma Bovary was in fantasyland - maybe if she was alive today she would have moved to the city before getting married, feel her wild oats, work it out enough to figure out what has lasting value in life, but she was immediately thrown from a convent into a highly restricted role that she was not suited for. The story is a tragedy, because everyone is deluded, they see what they want to see. At least Emma is striving for something more, even though she goes about it in a foolish, immature, and destructive way.
Amela Gjerani Are you drunk? Did you read the book? Yes, Charles was a mediocre man but he totally loved her. The problem was that he was not capable to see how miserable was his wife
Amela Gjerani I finished the book, I could say that Charles was loving her, but he was cared more about his career in the beginning of the book and was an average doctor. It was just Emma who couldn't see that her husband loved her because mostly of the time he worked and not pay much attention to her. That's why she cheated on him, because she believed in a classical love story fairytale.
Tathiana Abreu I read it, and was more about drama, and Madame Bovary was the most dramatic character I have ever read about it, she was depressed because she thinks that Charles was not loving her and had many affairs, with other lads, because she was daydreaming of love and wealthy life. So much drama, in the book than a drama or romantic movies! Anyway this book treats love but more depression of Madame Bovary.
I like that the trailer gives the false impression that it’s a love story. Anyone who thinks extramarital affairs can be daring or romantic will be drawn to this trailer and realize how naive they are by the end, just like Bovary.
“Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you're wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you anymore.” ― Lady Gaga
Uh that's not true. Your career CAN actually never love you anymore or more precisely, YOU can fall out of love with your career. Some people who spent years even decades in the same career end up switching to some thing else whether it's boredom, lack of interest or they're just sick of the doing the same thing day in and day out. Careers are just like marriages, some last for a life time, while others get a divorce and find someone new to marry :P
"Gustave Flaubert's classic love story" ? Is it a joke ? Madame Bovary is everything but a love story. On the contrary, it's about the disillusionments of a young woman who had a very romantic idea of love because of the books she was used to read, and was not prepared to deal with reality. So of course, she was disappointed with the marriage and men in general, it couldn't be the otherwise. It's a kind of tragedy even if Flaubert also is very ironic regarding his main character in the novel.
Love story? Obviously the makers of this trailer have no concept of Flaubert whatsoever. It is not a love story, it is a story about materialism and naivety. And for god's sake, would it kill someone to make a French film with French actors, or must ALL period drama characters have British accents?
I know that it's all about nudity and sexuality otherwise it'd have been more famous than hollywood ! I mean seriously even Bollywood plays it for real!
+Emily Gilmartin This movie has been adapted in a few french movies, a 1991 movie following the story line very well, or an interesting modern version called Gemma Bovery. I bet there are more though... not sure ^^
I'm so happy that Mia without being considered pretty by so many people manages to pull off some of the greatest women in literature on the big screen. She isn't afraid of stereotypes and is one of the few actresses who I deeply respect.
Mia is beautiful even when she looks plain (maybe the word is sublime). She's both ethereal and down-to-earth - a real shape-shifter - such sensitivity.
I think she is very attractive and very natural. She definitely has something. If she is unattractive who is? Kim kardashian with her fake ass,1000 plastic surgeries, and ridiculous face contouring??
The french high school seniors in the literature course ARE SO LUCKY THIS YEAR !! Madame Bovary just got in the list for the final exam this year ! THIS BOOK IS AWESOME..I hope the movie will do it justice
***** Essaye de lire "Ecrire Madame Bovary" de Flaubert toujours en parallèle : ça m'a vraiment beaucoup aider à comprendre le livre et le pourquoi du "Mais ce livre est chiant de dieu !!"
Sara Novakovic they won't be lucky if they pass on the OTHER piece of literature that is "les mains libres" :) Last year it was still Lorenzaccio, they're lucky they ended up with a play as equally good !
Alexfolledemoi I know. I am french and i am in the french system (terminale) and i have Les mains libres and Mme Bovary :). But i like les mains libres :) its not that bad
My first time seeing Ezra playing a straight, haven't watched all his movies but he plays it well enough, excited to see him in flash in a couple years
Literally cried watching this... my favorite actress bringing to life one of my favorite classic novels. And God, in all of Mia's movies, she seems to be the most beautiful in this one!
Ludivine Moonkind The film is beautiful - Mia is a very haunting and conflicted Emma Bovary, but not totally unsympathetic (which is how I read Emma in the book). They definitely have the focus on Emma and her emotional struggles. I thought it was poetic - both traditional and unique.
She is exactly how I imagined her to look from the book description. I can't believe it. Of course, the others a bit different, but that's exactly how I saw her in my mind's eye. Just amazing! Can't wait to see the movie!
This looks stunning. Mia Wasikowska is such a talented and beautiful actress. Her portrayal of Jane Eyre was amazing. Definitely my favourite period film.
This movie was mostly shot in Normandy, France. That's where I live and I saw a few scenes being shot in my hometown. I'm proud of how it turned out in the trailer! :)
Madame Bovary isn't a 'classic love story'. It's a story about a woman who has a string of affairs because she's 'bored' with her husband, alienates all of her lovers (during which time she neglects and alienates her only child), accrues overwhelming debt, blames men for all her problems, and then commits suicide by eating arsenic, which, by the by, is probably the worst way to commit suicide because death by arsenic is painful, drawn out, and completely lacking in dignity. Seriously, I can't help but think that Flaubert was actually writing satire. If this is a great feminist work of literature, then feminism is in a sorry state.
GamingSins "Madame Bovary" is a great literary work, that has irony and tragedy, and aspects that do relate to female restrictions in society - it's a lot more complicated and subtle than any classic love story or any overt satire - it's both beautiful and brutal. Flaubert was full of rage at society, but he also was at heart a romantic and that comes out in the book, but in a very non-traditional way.
Andrea Rivas Sorry, but I think you're missing a lot (although you make some good points). I've read lengthy collections of Flaubert's letters (many to his poet mistress) along with all of the parasitic Flaubert and Madame Bovary literature, by Steegmuller and others - I really recommend "The Perpetual Orgy - Flaubert and Madame Bovary", by the great south american author Mario Vargas Llosa (outstanding and insightful). I've read "Madame Bovary" multiple times over my life (i haven't counted). I only say this to stress that this book and Flaubert are very complicated and operate on multiple levels - I can't begin to describe it all here. Flaubert was enthralled with the writings of Chauteubriand and other romantics; he was trying to escape the pull that romanticism had exerted on him (his previous unpublished novel "Tentation de Saint Antoine" had been rejected by his fellows and himself as having given undisciplined vent to his romanticism). In Madame Bovary he was disciplining his natural inclination, containing it, but the tension is beautifully expressed in Emma and in much of the book - Flaubert was a real paradox. The book is deeply ironic, but also tragic, and many people try to label it a satire, but that's only one level - too me it's a true masterpiece and it's a riddle I'll thankfully never solve.
Andrea Rivas I agree - it's nice to find someone who appreciates a masterpiece, one that requires rereading a number of times to even crack the surface. Well, if we're talking about this movie, we'll have to see - the producers obviously want to frame the trailer in such a way as to be attractive to the maximum amount of viewers; but I've read interviews with the director Sophie Barthes (who is french) and I have no doubt she has real depth in her understanding of Madame Bovary - she's extremely intelligent and the perspective she's going for I find quite fascinating. The actual film is something I'm looking forward to seeing - a phrase like "a classic love story" is a producer's hook in a trailer - something I would expect to see. Charles frames the book - it begins with his youth and ends with his death, but I have no doubt that Emma is the beating heart of the story - her illusions and desires acted out within the strict structures of society. You could say much of the book deals with illusion vs reality - the everyday vs the transcendent. Flaubert was a bit of a mystic, but he looked upon the world and himself with a harsh eye - he insisted his rebellion was against reality itself. I think he both despised and loved Emma.
GamingSins It is a kind of feminism litterature because it depicts how women at this time were at home taking care of the child, or working hard as a maid or other works only for women. But Emma Bovary doesn't want to be like that, althought she is really clumsy in her way to find how to have a life like a princess from the books : going on adventures, having a great life, doing what she wants, travelling . That's why she's stuck in her own reality, to escape this world where she can't become what she wants because all the good jobs and all the great stuff are already done by men, who aren't good men by the way. Like Léon, who goes to Paris, without her, to have fun. Rodolphe who refuses to give Emma some money , even if she's about to commit suicide and begs him, and even if, like she says, has a big house and a lot of valuables he can sell to help her. He refuses. Hommet, who's outshinning Charles in his profession just because he's a little rat and he uses some medical vocabulary and knows how to make people see him like a good man. He even gets the Croix D'Honneur, at the end! And it CAN be a classic love story because CHARLES loves Emma even after she's dead, and even if he knows that she cheated on him, he still loves her, and that's what kills him. In the end, it's a novel about reality and how Emma tries to escape it by the mean of romantic novels and dreams she has. And that way of commiting suicide was done that way because in novels, the characters die swallowing arsenic and Emma read that and she thought she was going to have a beautifull death, but it is not. It is again a way of digging the hole between reality and fantasy. But you can't see all of that by just reading the book. I do because I worked on that novel for one whole year for the french final exams of litterature.
Aubrey Winters Haven't you seen "Stoker", "Tracks", "Only Lovers Left Alive", "Maps to the Stars", "The Kids Are Alright", "In Treatment", "The Double"? Those are all amazing films. But she's great in the 19th century stuff, too - "Jane Eyre" is my favorite period film of all time.
Aubrey Winters Do yourself a favor and check them out - they're great. It's difficult to recognize Mia as the same person, they're all so different. She's an amazing actress. If you've seen "Jane Eyre", try comparing that performance with "Stoker" or "Only Lovers Left Alive", or any of the others.
Ai Megurine That's kiiiiinda one of the reasons people watch movie adaptations of books. And if something happens to him or he does something bad, that doesn't get rid of the fact that he was in it.
I believe that the true meaning of Madame Bovary is contained in this quotes from the book: "He could not keep from constantly touching her, her ring, her fichu; sometimes she gave her great sounding kisses with her mouth on her cheeks, or little girl with a baby in her arms and a little girl with a baby in her arms and a little girl with a baby in her arms. Before marriage she thought herself in love; but she must have come this love, she must have thought, have been mixed. And Emma tried to find out what one meant in life by the words felicity, passion, rapture, that had seemed to be so beautiful in books". Madame Bovary is not a love story but the story of a woman unable to live.
In the book Emma naively eroticizes everything: religion, art, shopping, EVERYTHING. Female sexuality was very repressed back then, and she was basically oozing over, emotionally starving, and hadn't even begun to find herself or know her desires. She had barely come-of-age (out of the convent) when she became Madame Bovary and was stuck in a rigid role - not an easy fit.
I thought this was gonna be similar to the Keira Knightly period films which I love so much. However, the plot was different and shocked me. I was expecting a love story, a woman hopelessly in love with her lover and vice versa tormented with the fact that they can’t be together but was pleasantly surprised.This was a good movie and more importantly teaches us a GREAT LESSON in the end. I enjoyed it immensely.
Beautiful and haunting movie. Mia makes a great Emma Bovary. The book is a masterpiece - this is a different take on it for sure - more from Emma's perspective. This film uses visual imagery and color the way Flaubert used language - its very poetic.
This movie is very beautiful, sad and poetic - it's not dramatic or fast paced; I found it absorbing and haunting. As often is the case, the trailers to movies are misleading (I'm going to try and avoid them) - this is not a romantic love story film, but the trailer is trying to sell it that way. I'm also a big fan of the novel - Gustav Flaubert is my favorite writer.
Mia makes a fascinating Emma Bovary. This movie is haunting, sad and beautiful. The costumes, cinematography and production design are freaking gorgeous.
The book was fantastic. I read it a few years ago for a European History course in University. Flaubert is truly incredible. I'm hesitant to watch this movie and just opt to re-read the book
Mia is understated , she is a wonderful actress for her era with such depth. Mia is beautiful. Take a second look everyone. Her voice is also alluring. I'm so proud she is an Aussie.
I can't wait to see it .I'm french and younger I studied it in french class this book is a classic in french literature .This trailer make me feel like it will be live up to my expectations. To those who like old french movies there is an old version of that film from 1991.
Madame Bovary makes you question your dreams, question whether the happiness you desire is even possible or if you are just another fool like Emma. Are you wasting your time? Are you yearning for something intangible? She may be a naive young girl who does practically everything wrong, but she is more like you than I believe many care to admit.
I think Mia Wasikowska has a great face and so much talent, but I can't quite see her as Emma. Mia looks too soft and serious and innocent...? I hope she gives us a good ending, that would change my mind.
***** See what you think - I thought she captured the Emma of the novel (an enigma and a paradox). The movie really focuses on seeing the story through Emma's perspective; it compacts the time and the scenes; it doesn't deal with the irony of the book, because it's seen through Emma's eyes - it's sad, and has the beauty, the aesthetic focus of Flaubert, which the other film versions don't really bother with - it's more poetic and atmospheric. The final scene is haunting.
+shadowflower93 Sorry but I don't agree. Bovary's problem doesn't come from her husband but from herself, she's never satisfied with what she has and always thinks she deserves more and sees that as an excuse to treat people like they are nothing. Marianne's life would also have been terrible but clearly not for the same reasons.
Madame Bovary is a Classic Love Story. And if you really read the book you will find the sentence: ''but she loved him'' again and again.... Emma was in love with Lyon and in love with the wealthy life style at the same time.
I've been wanting to see this, Mia Wasikowska is such an incredible talent - it looks like it will be quite beautiful, sad but also sexy. It's good to see Ezra Miller in something like this.
Loved her in this - the film was very sad and beautiful. The trailer (as usual) is very misleading and doesn't represent the approach of the movie. I hate when they do that, but it happens a lot - it's all about marketing.
Ils ont réellement lu le bouquin avant ? Parce que là, en tout cas dans la bande annonce, ils font passer ça pour un drame bouleversant xD c'était pas du tout le but de Flaubert je pense. Avec une actrice qui colle pas à la description d'Emma autant sur le plan physique que psychologique... En tant que française qui a apprécié le bouquin, ce film m'a l'air compromis... M'enfin pourquoi pas, on appelle ça une adaptation.
Krakosaure Shik Mouais mais d'un côté Hommais, Léon et ce putain de Rodolphe sont bien casté , je trouve! Après on laisse les Américains qui ont pas lu le livre croire qu'ils sont fans et que c'est trop hype comme avec les Misérables, hein! xD Nous on l'a lu, on s'en balek.
+Krakosaure Shik Ben disons que ça a l'air plus mouvementé que le bouquin. Ils transforment une histoire déprimante d'ennui et de déception en "drame bouleversant", ma foi pourquoi pas. Je pense qu'une adaptation trop fidèle du livre ça serait vite lourd et atrocement long.
I finally got the last chapter of Madame Bovary. Ema's death for me is a catastrophe. A great family drama. Poor Charles, her husband, who loved her so much and never really possessed her. The sudden and violent loss that separated him from a great love can not be overcome. The greatest joys in the life of a man have as their source the harmonious conviviality with the beloved woman. Death does not have the right to end this love so abruptly, so cruel! And his father, a man so unhappy that the loss of a son and his beloved wife was not enough, now the ill-fated destiny separated him from his sweet and angelic daughter. An infinite martyrdom. Oh, Bovary! Why did you inflict such pain upon so many who loved you? Forgive me for my ignorance and try to disqualify your motives, it is because of these countless joys to so many people, whose lament I make listen. May the heavens hear my cry, may the stars not shine tonight. May you rest from your torment, poor girl, that from the earth sprout your most cherished and beautiful memories, that I may forgive those who have mistreated you so much, and that no one else suffer with such pain!
Marrying someone staying loyal to him in every way till u die even though he dont even touch u.its so easy untill u have respect in society because of him.
I feel you... I saw the french adaptation of the book after reading it. No need to say Mme Bovary is my nemesis in literature! But I love this actress, so I hope it won't be so boring :)
"Do you want to to confess? No. Do you need counseling? No." it' wasn't hard for her to choose one. But feeling ashamed and guilty took her life. Things can change and always can.
I do, too. Between them they've portrayed most of the iconic female heroine's of 19th century literature. For me Keira's "Pride and Prejudice" is by far my favorite film adaptation of the novel and Mia's "Jane Eyre" is a great film - also my favorite.
@@Stitchpuppy01 I really admire Keira but other than "A Dangerous Method" she's pretty much stayed in her comfort zone - she has nowhere the versatility of Mia Wasikowska. Keira is a fine actor and really suits the period films in particular. M.W. is brilliant.
Very good movie and well acted by all participates. I definitely fell Inlove with Ezra (long hair swoon) and thought this would be their love story. In the end her web of lies and fantasies killed her.
serenity0324 I'm going to try and see it in a theater, or else on as big a screen as possible - it's going to be visually gorgeous. Not only is Mia a great actor, but she wears some ridiculously, stunning outfits in this.
I was looking for a movie today and found this trailer ... the minute I saw Ezra I found the movie :D I like this actor so much . His face is not real ... good acting aa always .
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Hmm I read this in 12th grade and I'm hoping that the movie will live up to the book. The emotions were very high, yet I was detached for the most part.
The novel is about a woman craving for romantic stuffs in a rustic society and this film seems to give her all the drama she's looking for, but he doesn't understand what was the purpose of Flaubert. Flaubert didn't write a love story, he wrote a satire. Emma is supposed to be a "ridiculous" character because she's totally dreaming all the time and when i see that trailer, i feel like i'm watching what is happening in Emma's mind !
The lead character is supposed to be irresistibly beautiful but this actress is plain and homely. Of all the possible choices of actresses who could have played this part, this was a bizarre casting decision.
There is something about movie trailers that make me want to read classic books again. Like it will give it a new perspective. It stimulate my imagination in a very pleasant manner.
I feel like the producers of these films haven't read the classic literature they're movies are on. Another "classic love story," like Anna Karenina? These stories that dabble in affairs are profound not because they represent any form of noble or true love, it is because they warn us not to fall in the trap of lust for a lifestyle or partner more lavish or wealthy than what we have in our lives. It examines morals and rarely ends in happily ever after.
I watched this yesterday and wow, did I dislike this story immensely but the acting, the costumes, the setting and most particularly the MUSICAL SCORE throughout was superb;
Mia Wasikowaska is wonderful (I especially loved her in Jane Eyre) but she's an unusually choice to play Emma Bovary..oh well, I'm sure she'll be good!
Lost me when they called it a love story. Madame Bovary is about a woman that spends all her life chasing the impossible fantasy that love and marriage is forever passionate and exciting like her novels. In the end she neglects a loving husband, is a horrible excuse for a mother, and lands the family in an assload of debt all for her selfish desires. "Classic love story" my ass. :P
He wasn't even successful (as the travesty of the foot operation showed) - he was a passionless mediocrity, but a devoted and well meaning one. No way could he handle, or even be aware of, what his young wife was feeling. Emma Bovary was in fantasyland - maybe if she was alive today she would have moved to the city before getting married, feel her wild oats, work it out enough to figure out what has lasting value in life, but she was immediately thrown from a convent into a highly restricted role that she was not suited for. The story is a tragedy, because everyone is deluded, they see what they want to see.
At least Emma is striving for something more, even though she goes about it in a foolish, immature, and destructive way.
Amela Gjerani just finished the book. he definitely loved her
Amela Gjerani Are you drunk? Did you read the book? Yes, Charles was a mediocre man but he totally loved her. The problem was that he was not capable to see how miserable was his wife
Amela Gjerani I finished the book, I could say that Charles was loving her, but he was cared more about his career in the beginning of the book and was an average doctor. It was just Emma who couldn't see that her husband loved her because mostly of the time he worked and not pay much attention to her. That's why she cheated on him, because she believed in a classical love story fairytale.
Very true.
Madame Bovary is most certainly not a love story!
Thank you Tathiana! Thank you! Thank you, Madame!
ikr it's about depression
Tathiana Abreu I read it, and was more about drama, and Madame Bovary was the most dramatic character I have ever read about it, she was depressed because she thinks that Charles was not loving her and had many affairs, with other lads, because she was daydreaming of love and wealthy life. So much drama, in the book than a drama or romantic movies! Anyway this book treats love but more depression of Madame Bovary.
I like that the trailer gives the false impression that it’s a love story. Anyone who thinks extramarital affairs can be daring or romantic will be drawn to this trailer and realize how naive they are by the end, just like Bovary.
It's a tragedy.
“Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you're wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you anymore.”
― Lady Gaga
That's a very nice quote :)
career never love you in the first place.
Uh that's not true. Your career CAN actually never love you anymore or more precisely, YOU can fall out of love with your career. Some people who spent years even decades in the same career end up switching to some thing else whether it's boredom, lack of interest or they're just sick of the doing the same thing day in and day out. Careers are just like marriages, some last for a life time, while others get a divorce and find someone new to marry :P
why would you love something that can't love you back?
derppool I think the best people to answer that question would be stalkers :)
"Gustave Flaubert's classic love story" ? Is it a joke ? Madame Bovary is everything but a love story. On the contrary, it's about the disillusionments of a young woman who had a very romantic idea of love because of the books she was used to read, and was not prepared to deal with reality. So of course, she was disappointed with the marriage and men in general, it couldn't be the otherwise. It's a kind of tragedy even if Flaubert also is very ironic regarding his main character in the novel.
Love stories could be tragic too, especially when it’s about unrequited love.
Maybe if she wasn’t forced to marry a man she didn’t choose she would have liked the « reality »
Love story? Obviously the makers of this trailer have no concept of Flaubert whatsoever. It is not a love story, it is a story about materialism and naivety. And for god's sake, would it kill someone to make a French film with French actors, or must ALL period drama characters have British accents?
+Emily Gilmartin Simply because There is only few French Actors that can "ACT" !!
I know that it's all about nudity and sexuality otherwise it'd have been more famous than hollywood !
I mean seriously even Bollywood plays it for real!
+Emily Gilmartin This movie has been adapted in a few french movies, a 1991 movie following the story line very well, or an interesting modern version called Gemma Bovery. I bet there are more though... not sure ^^
There's probably already a French versionxD
Actually, there is a french version. Look for "Madame Bovary" by Claude Chabrol, the film was released in 1991.
Is Mia gonna play every significant female character from classical romance from now on?
Maybe, she is great doing that
If so I would have zero problems with that
Pretty sure she would! She's perfect!
I dunno I wasn't a fan of hers in Jane Eyre. She didn't seem as strong... or as emotional. The arguments didn't feel climatic.
***** I agree, also intelligent and sublime. Mia brings an almost mystical feeling to her performances.
Her face is very Pan-European. She can play every female protagonist of every classical story of every European country
She is half Polish
@calafeastShe could be french easily.
@@rick88261 I'm sure she would look more italian than italian themselves or mullatoes as u call it
@@riase I think she looks very polish
@@gaveyoucookie9845 I agree. She looks like one of us. But there are french actresses looking like her.
I'm so happy that Mia without being considered pretty by so many people manages to pull off some of the greatest women in literature on the big screen. She isn't afraid of stereotypes and is one of the few actresses who I deeply respect.
Mia is beautiful even when she looks plain (maybe the word is sublime). She's both ethereal and down-to-earth - a real shape-shifter - such sensitivity.
AnieNiusika wtf people consider her unattractive?! Now that's preposterous! Lol
Mia is pale white, thin, and tall since when has that not been the beauty standard?
I think she is very attractive and very natural. She definitely has something. If she is unattractive who is? Kim kardashian with her fake ass,1000 plastic surgeries, and ridiculous face contouring??
I agree, though she's not very tall, as far as I know she's only about 5'4 tops, but I completely get what your saying.
just leave everything and run away with Ezra Miller for the love of god.
HAHAHA ME
Yael Zivan omg yes I would so 😍👍
ezra miller can have my children
I will for myself 🖤😂
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She was in love with the idea of being in love. So caught up in her own dreams that she scorned reality, until reality came for it's due.
This x 1000
The french high school seniors in the literature course ARE SO LUCKY THIS YEAR !! Madame Bovary just got in the list for the final exam this year !
THIS BOOK IS AWESOME..I hope the movie will do it justice
Yes indeed, I liked this book very much too : I'm an 18 y.o. french student, and I've got an exam about the whole book tomorrow, wish me luck !!
***** Essaye de lire "Ecrire Madame Bovary" de Flaubert toujours en parallèle : ça m'a vraiment beaucoup aider à comprendre le livre et le pourquoi du "Mais ce livre est chiant de dieu !!"
Alexfolledemoi hahaha lucky?i dont think so.
Sara Novakovic they won't be lucky if they pass on the OTHER piece of literature that is "les mains libres" :)
Last year it was still Lorenzaccio, they're lucky they ended up with a play as equally good !
Alexfolledemoi I know. I am french and i am in the french system (terminale) and i have Les mains libres and Mme Bovary :). But i like les mains libres :) its not that bad
My first time seeing Ezra playing a straight, haven't watched all his movies but he plays it well enough, excited to see him in flash in a couple years
See him in the news now😅😂
This movie seems to be made by people who have not read the book
Literally cried watching this... my favorite actress bringing to life one of my favorite classic novels. And God, in all of Mia's movies, she seems to be the most beautiful in this one!
The casting is perfect tbh.
Ludivine Moonkind The film is beautiful - Mia is a very haunting and conflicted Emma Bovary, but not totally unsympathetic (which is how I read Emma in the book). They definitely have the focus on Emma and her emotional struggles. I thought it was poetic - both traditional and unique.
She is exactly how I imagined her to look from the book description. I can't believe it. Of course, the others a bit different, but that's exactly how I saw her in my mind's eye. Just amazing! Can't wait to see the movie!
This looks stunning. Mia Wasikowska is such a talented and beautiful actress. Her portrayal of Jane Eyre was amazing. Definitely my favourite period film.
the things i'd do for ezra miller
Alistair Drennan You don't want to know with me 😂😂
OMG the kid from Trainwreck! LOL
Me too
@@videosoflife4827😂 this comment aged like milk.
Well..., this didn't age well
This movie was mostly shot in Normandy, France. That's where I live and I saw a few scenes being shot in my hometown. I'm proud of how it turned out in the trailer! :)
Madame Bovary isn't a 'classic love story'. It's a story about a woman who has a string of affairs because she's 'bored' with her husband, alienates all of her lovers (during which time she neglects and alienates her only child), accrues overwhelming debt, blames men for all her problems, and then commits suicide by eating arsenic, which, by the by, is probably the worst way to commit suicide because death by arsenic is painful, drawn out, and completely lacking in dignity. Seriously, I can't help but think that Flaubert was actually writing satire. If this is a great feminist work of literature, then feminism is in a sorry state.
GamingSins "Madame Bovary" is a great literary work, that has irony and tragedy, and aspects that do relate to female restrictions in society - it's a lot more complicated and subtle than any classic love story or any overt satire - it's both beautiful and brutal. Flaubert was full of rage at society, but he also was at heart a romantic and that comes out in the book, but in a very non-traditional way.
Andrea Rivas Thank you!
Andrea Rivas Sorry, but I think you're missing a lot (although you make some good points). I've read lengthy collections of Flaubert's letters (many to his poet mistress) along with all of the parasitic Flaubert and Madame Bovary literature, by Steegmuller and others - I really recommend "The Perpetual Orgy - Flaubert and Madame Bovary", by the great south american author Mario Vargas Llosa (outstanding and insightful). I've read "Madame Bovary" multiple times over my life (i haven't counted). I only say this to stress that this book and Flaubert are very complicated and operate on multiple levels - I can't begin to describe it all here. Flaubert was enthralled with the writings of Chauteubriand and other romantics; he was trying to escape the pull that romanticism had exerted on him (his previous unpublished novel "Tentation de Saint Antoine" had been rejected by his fellows and himself as having given undisciplined vent to his romanticism). In Madame Bovary he was disciplining his natural inclination, containing it, but the tension is beautifully expressed in Emma and in much of the book - Flaubert was a real paradox. The book is deeply ironic, but also tragic, and many people try to label it a satire, but that's only one level - too me it's a true masterpiece and it's a riddle I'll thankfully never solve.
Andrea Rivas I agree - it's nice to find someone who appreciates a masterpiece, one that requires rereading a number of times to even crack the surface. Well, if we're talking about this movie, we'll have to see - the producers obviously want to frame the trailer in such a way as to be attractive to the maximum amount of viewers; but I've read interviews with the director Sophie Barthes (who is french) and I have no doubt she has real depth in her understanding of Madame Bovary - she's extremely intelligent and the perspective she's going for I find quite fascinating. The actual film is something I'm looking forward to seeing - a phrase like "a classic love story" is a producer's hook in a trailer - something I would expect to see.
Charles frames the book - it begins with his youth and ends with his death, but I have no doubt that Emma is the beating heart of the story - her illusions and desires acted out within the strict structures of society. You could say much of the book deals with illusion vs reality - the everyday vs the transcendent. Flaubert was a bit of a mystic, but he looked upon the world and himself with a harsh eye - he insisted his rebellion was against reality itself. I think he both despised and loved Emma.
GamingSins It is a kind of feminism litterature because it depicts how women at this time were at home taking care of the child, or working hard as a maid or other works only for women. But Emma Bovary doesn't want to be like that, althought she is really clumsy in her way to find how to have a life like a princess from the books : going on adventures, having a great life, doing what she wants, travelling . That's why she's stuck in her own reality, to escape this world where she can't become what she wants because all the good jobs and all the great stuff are already done by men, who aren't good men by the way. Like Léon, who goes to Paris, without her, to have fun. Rodolphe who refuses to give Emma some money , even if she's about to commit suicide and begs him, and even if, like she says, has a big house and a lot of valuables he can sell to help her. He refuses. Hommet, who's outshinning Charles in his profession just because he's a little rat and he uses some medical vocabulary and knows how to make people see him like a good man. He even gets the Croix D'Honneur, at the end! And it CAN be a classic love story because CHARLES loves Emma even after she's dead, and even if he knows that she cheated on him, he still loves her, and that's what kills him. In the end, it's a novel about reality and how Emma tries to escape it by the mean of romantic novels and dreams she has. And that way of commiting suicide was done that way because in novels, the characters die swallowing arsenic and Emma read that and she thought she was going to have a beautifull death, but it is not. It is again a way of digging the hole between reality and fantasy. But you can't see all of that by just reading the book. I do because I worked on that novel for one whole year for the french final exams of litterature.
I swear, I only ever see Mia in movies based on an older era.
Aubrey Winters Haven't you seen "Stoker", "Tracks", "Only Lovers Left Alive", "Maps to the Stars", "The Kids Are Alright", "In Treatment", "The Double"? Those are all amazing films. But she's great in the 19th century stuff, too - "Jane Eyre" is my favorite period film of all time.
92ninersboy no I haven't seen them.
Aubrey Winters Do yourself a favor and check them out - they're great. It's difficult to recognize Mia as the same person, they're all so different. She's an amazing actress. If you've seen "Jane Eyre", try comparing that performance with "Stoker" or "Only Lovers Left Alive", or any of the others.
Try Stoker, she and Matthew Goodie
@@92ninersboy i think that jane eyre movie isnt as great as the older adaptations
dont worry gurl, go to Wonderland and be done with everything
Madame Bovary is not a love story. Flaubert hated romantism. He wanted to write a satire, not a love story.
Though I'm not really one for historical drama/romances, it's great to see Mia and Ezra working together!
Mia is such an AMAZING actress! i love her work! this movie looks very beautiful, and looks very good.
I know! Jane Eyre and wonderland😃
I might actually watch this. Mainly for Ezra Miller tho...
kurayamidesu SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEE
Motionless Manson 666 wait, what? Ezra was in the salem series?
? I meant I was going to watch Madame bovary just to watch ezra.
+kurayamidesu you obviously never read the book...
Ai Megurine That's kiiiiinda one of the reasons people watch movie adaptations of books.
And if something happens to him or he does something bad, that doesn't get rid of the fact that he was in it.
I believe that the true meaning of Madame Bovary is contained in this quotes from the book: "He could not keep from constantly touching her, her ring, her fichu; sometimes she gave her great sounding kisses with her mouth on her cheeks, or little girl with a baby in her arms and a little girl with a baby in her arms and a little girl with a baby in her arms. Before marriage she thought herself in love; but she must have come this love, she must have thought, have been mixed. And Emma tried to find out what one meant in life by the words felicity, passion, rapture, that had seemed to be so beautiful in books". Madame Bovary is not a love story but the story of a woman unable to live.
Yes, a woman unable to live outside of her fantasies. Like Flaubert himself, her enemy was reality.
Where in the novel did you find this quote?
In the book Emma naively eroticizes everything: religion, art, shopping, EVERYTHING. Female sexuality was very repressed back then, and she was basically oozing over, emotionally starving, and hadn't even begun to find herself or know her desires. She had barely come-of-age (out of the convent) when she became Madame Bovary and was stuck in a rigid role - not an easy fit.
You are more understanding and less judgemental than women.
So like most women...
Brings me back to year 11 IB English. Teacher: "Literature is about nothing but sex and death"
Too true for Madame Bovary.
IB eng!!
In which century is that 🙂😂
Oh hi I'm an IB junior reading Bovary as well! Did you survive the program?
@@laurasmith9784 Sorry to barge in but I did IB back in 2018 :)
And had Bovary as one of the books for literature. Loved it! And yes survived IB phew
@@ahmetnaif6183 Wow I made this comment 4 years ago but GOOD LUCK gosh those IB exams were hell I can't imagine doing everything remotely.
Mia Wasikowska is such a fascinating actress. I love the book. This adaptation takes a different angle but its very beautiful and haunting.
I thought this was gonna be similar to the Keira Knightly period films which I love so much. However, the plot was different and shocked me. I was expecting a love story, a woman hopelessly in love with her lover and vice versa tormented with the fact that they can’t be together but was pleasantly surprised.This was a good movie and more importantly teaches us a GREAT LESSON in the end. I enjoyed it immensely.
Beautiful and haunting movie. Mia makes a great Emma Bovary. The book is a masterpiece - this is a different take on it for sure - more from Emma's perspective. This film uses visual imagery and color the way Flaubert used language - its very poetic.
A sad and beautiful film. Mia Wasikowska's portrayal was closer to the Emma of the book - quite a haunting performance.
It's a great film this one, beautifully shot. All fans of period dramas should watch it!
This movie is very beautiful, sad and poetic - it's not dramatic or fast paced; I found it absorbing and haunting. As often is the case, the trailers to movies are misleading (I'm going to try and avoid them) - this is not a romantic love story film, but the trailer is trying to sell it that way. I'm also a big fan of the novel - Gustav Flaubert is my favorite writer.
Mia makes a fascinating Emma Bovary. This movie is haunting, sad and beautiful. The costumes, cinematography and production design are freaking gorgeous.
The book was fantastic. I read it a few years ago for a European History course in University. Flaubert is truly incredible. I'm hesitant to watch this movie and just opt to re-read the book
The book is a masterpiece. This movie is definitely different than the book, but it has its own beauty - very melancholy and atmospheric. Gorgeous.
Can Ezra Miller get any better-looking? He rocks Victorian-era clothing. My goodness! *fans self* *swoon*
this trailer always breaks my heart after 1:50. music with scenes is just..speechless.
Book used to be banned, look how far we've come!
Mia is understated , she is a wonderful actress for her era with such depth. Mia is beautiful. Take a second look everyone. Her voice is also alluring. I'm so proud she is an Aussie.
I've taken many looks - Mia is a gifted Goddess.
Love love love Mia Wasikowska! And the novel! Can't wait to see this!
I can't wait to see it .I'm french and younger I studied it in french class this book is a classic in french literature .This trailer make me feel like it will be live up to my expectations. To those who like old french movies there is an old version of that film from 1991.
Mia is such a great actress I hope to see her in more things to come
Ironically they have romanticized the most tigerish critique about romantisisim
The trailer has romanticized it - it's different from the movie.
Madame Bovary makes you question your dreams, question whether the happiness you desire is even possible or if you are just another fool like Emma. Are you wasting your time? Are you yearning for something intangible? She may be a naive young girl who does practically everything wrong, but she is more like you than I believe many care to admit.
Most women are like Emma.
Those who think that Madame Bovary is "a classic love story" should read the novel closer.
I think Mia Wasikowska has a great face and so much talent, but I can't quite see her as Emma. Mia looks too soft and serious and innocent...? I hope she gives us a good ending, that would change my mind.
***** See what you think - I thought she captured the Emma of the novel (an enigma and a paradox). The movie really focuses on seeing the story through Emma's perspective; it compacts the time and the scenes; it doesn't deal with the irony of the book, because it's seen through Emma's eyes - it's sad, and has the beauty, the aesthetic focus of Flaubert, which the other film versions don't really bother with - it's more poetic and atmospheric. The final scene is haunting.
+wuteva_666 what if I told you she is the same actress who performed Jane Eyre
There hasn't been a movie tackling this subject matter before. This is awesome.
Lucky Mia! SHe gets to kiss Ezra MIller!
Mia is my favorite actress of the young generation.
this story makes me think what Marianne's life would have been like in Sense & Sensibility if she had gotten Willoughby like she wanted.
+shadowflower93
+shadowflower93 Sorry but I don't agree. Bovary's problem doesn't come from her husband but from herself, she's never satisfied with what she has and always thinks she deserves more and sees that as an excuse to treat people like they are nothing. Marianne's life would also have been terrible but clearly not for the same reasons.
Who wants Willoughby when you can have Alan Rickman reading to you...
Madame Bovary is a Classic Love Story. And if you really read the book you will find the sentence: ''but she loved him'' again and again.... Emma was in love with Lyon and in love with the wealthy life style at the same time.
awesome. we just watched the movie in less than 3 mins!
I love the book!! A masterpiece
I've been wanting to see this, Mia Wasikowska is such an incredible talent - it looks like it will be quite beautiful, sad but also sexy. It's good to see Ezra Miller in something like this.
You the best Mia Wasikowska .
Fantastic film! Ezra is gorgeous in this film. The book is suppose to be even better but I've not got round to read it yet.
The book is untouchable - but this movie is superb.
The book is SUPREMELY BORING
@@max-alainpierre-pierre3829agree completely
Love Mia, she is like the breeze in an early morning, and she does not need to be good in every single movie...
Loved her in this - the film was very sad and beautiful. The trailer (as usual) is very misleading and doesn't represent the approach of the movie. I hate when they do that, but it happens a lot - it's all about marketing.
Ils ont réellement lu le bouquin avant ? Parce que là, en tout cas dans la bande annonce, ils font passer ça pour un drame bouleversant xD c'était pas du tout le but de Flaubert je pense. Avec une actrice qui colle pas à la description d'Emma autant sur le plan physique que psychologique... En tant que française qui a apprécié le bouquin, ce film m'a l'air compromis... M'enfin pourquoi pas, on appelle ça une adaptation.
Krakosaure Shik Mouais mais d'un côté Hommais, Léon et ce putain de Rodolphe sont bien casté , je trouve! Après on laisse les Américains qui ont pas lu le livre croire qu'ils sont fans et que c'est trop hype comme avec les Misérables, hein! xD Nous on l'a lu, on s'en balek.
+Krakosaure Shik Ben disons que ça a l'air plus mouvementé que le bouquin. Ils transforment une histoire déprimante d'ennui et de déception en "drame bouleversant", ma foi pourquoi pas. Je pense qu'une adaptation trop fidèle du livre ça serait vite lourd et atrocement long.
I finally got the last chapter of Madame Bovary. Ema's death for me is a catastrophe. A great family drama. Poor Charles, her husband, who loved her so much and never really possessed her. The sudden and violent loss that separated him from a great love can not be overcome. The greatest joys in the life of a man have as their source the harmonious conviviality with the beloved woman. Death does not have the right to end this love so abruptly, so cruel!
And his father, a man so unhappy that the loss of a son and his beloved wife was not enough, now the ill-fated destiny separated him from his sweet and angelic daughter. An infinite martyrdom.
Oh, Bovary! Why did you inflict such pain upon so many who loved you? Forgive me for my ignorance and try to disqualify your motives, it is because of these countless joys to so many people, whose lament I make listen.
May the heavens hear my cry, may the stars not shine tonight. May you rest from your torment, poor girl, that from the earth sprout your most cherished and beautiful memories, that I may forgive those who have mistreated you so much, and that no one else suffer with such pain!
Wow Sergio! This is good 😌
What
What a man... What a man...
This sentence hits me so deeply.
Lesson: Credit card is BADDDD people
This looks soooo good!!! I can't wait!! and the music...OMG!! THE MUSIC!!!!! MUUUSSSIIICC!!!
Marrying someone staying loyal to him in every way till u die even though he dont even touch u.its so easy untill u have respect in society because of him.
Leon Dupuis -YES ( in the movie - not in real life.) Who would have thought? Simply enchanting 🍿.
Mia is so talented i love her. I read the book I hated it maybe I'll like the movie
I feel you... I saw the french adaptation of the book after reading it. No need to say Mme Bovary is my nemesis in literature! But I love this actress, so I hope it won't be so boring :)
Garoune Okami The French version was sooooooo boring. I hope this is better. The Jennifer Jones version is dated but she is stunning as Madame Bovary.
"Do you want to to confess? No. Do you need counseling? No." it' wasn't hard for her to choose one. But feeling ashamed and guilty took her life. Things can change and always can.
I've red the book a long time ago, excited to see the movie!
Really enjoyed this movie, so well done.
Mia becoming the next Kiera Knightley, starring in period and classical movie adaptations. I love them both. 😍
I do, too. Between them they've portrayed most of the iconic female heroine's of 19th century literature. For me Keira's "Pride and Prejudice" is by far my favorite film adaptation of the novel and Mia's "Jane Eyre" is a great film - also my favorite.
Mia will never be Kiera
@@Stitchpuppy01 I really admire Keira but other than "A Dangerous Method" she's pretty much stayed in her comfort zone - she has nowhere the versatility of Mia Wasikowska. Keira is a fine actor and really suits the period films in particular. M.W. is brilliant.
@@92ninersboy i disagree, Mia is the dullest actress in all of mankind, but she has succeeded greatly in the niche she chose.
Very good movie and well acted by all participates. I definitely fell Inlove with Ezra (long hair swoon) and thought this would be their love story. In the end her web of lies and fantasies killed her.
so happy for Mia and so excited to watch this :)
serenity0324 I'm going to try and see it in a theater, or else on as big a screen as possible - it's going to be visually gorgeous. Not only is Mia a great actor, but she wears some ridiculously, stunning outfits in this.
I was looking for a movie today and found this trailer ... the minute I saw Ezra I found the movie :D I like this actor so much . His face is not real ... good acting aa always .
The book wasn't easy to read with all details and descriptions but movie seems captivating
CAN SOMEDAY PLEASE PLEASE TELL ME THE PIANO SOUNDTRACK THAT PLAYS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAILER???
Hi there, the piano track is called Forbidden Love I wrote the music for Boomerang-Music in L.A. It's not publicly released yet, but this might happen in the future, if you like to be updated on that I suggest to follow me on facebook: facebook.com/composerjochemweierink Thanks!
Jochem Weierink ththank you so much for the response. I've already liked your fb page and eagerly waiting for the track to be released. All the best!
ooooooh Ezra ...........
2:19 speed---0,25 and I am done bye.
Nice trailer, looks like it could be a good movie.
Hmm I read this in 12th grade and I'm hoping that the movie will live up to the book. The emotions were very high, yet I was detached for the most part.
If she lived in modern time, she would be an iNfLuEnCeR 😂
I'm fairly sure Mia Wasikowska is a vampire !
I'm fairly shure you are vampire as well, that's how you know 😱😉
The novel is about a woman craving for romantic stuffs in a rustic society and this film seems to give her all the drama she's looking for, but he doesn't understand what was the purpose of Flaubert. Flaubert didn't write a love story, he wrote a satire. Emma is supposed to be a "ridiculous" character because she's totally dreaming all the time and when i see that trailer, i feel like i'm watching what is happening in Emma's mind !
Still prefer the book, glad I read it.
Great story, but it takes forever to finish the darn book!!!
Find the best modern translation. It really helps.
so beautiful, but I couldn' stop thinking about Jane Eyre ahahah ;)
Please , i really want to watch this with english subtitles , but i can't find it . Where can i watch this ?
The lead character is supposed to be irresistibly beautiful but this actress is plain and homely. Of all the possible choices of actresses who could have played this part, this was a bizarre casting decision.
Her praying voice 🥺
There is something about movie trailers that make me want to read classic books again. Like it will give it a new perspective. It stimulate my imagination in a very pleasant manner.
Oh man this better be better than the book
The one who wrote the screnplay I don't think that really undertood the book. Flaubert makes you hate each a everyone of the characters.
Me at 0:49 "Is that Ezra Miller?" *accidentally hits foot against coffee table due to excitement* "ouch.."
I love this actress!
I feel like the producers of these films haven't read the classic literature they're movies are on. Another "classic love story," like Anna Karenina? These stories that dabble in affairs are profound not because they represent any form of noble or true love, it is because they warn us not to fall in the trap of lust for a lifestyle or partner more lavish or wealthy than what we have in our lives. It examines morals and rarely ends in happily ever after.
I watched this yesterday and wow, did I dislike this story immensely but the acting, the costumes, the setting and most particularly the MUSICAL SCORE throughout was superb;
Mia Wasikowaska is wonderful (I especially loved her in Jane Eyre) but she's an unusually choice to play Emma Bovary..oh well, I'm sure she'll be good!
Emily hancock She was superb in a very complicated role. The film was very beautiful. It wasn't done as a love story at all, quite the opposite.
oh good!
This movie seemed to me a masterpiece, but I saw it yesterday and that was completely a MESS.
I was so disappointed, my god..
haven't read the book yet, but since ezra is in the movie then .... gonna watch it anyway
And for those of us trapped. What else?
warning : THIS IS NOT like Austen..
At least Flaubert never wrote his books like Austen..This is not from the romantic genre.