The Emma Bovary Trial (2021)
Overview : 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.
Release Date : September 15, 2021
Runtime : 53m
Genre : Documentary, History, TV Movie
Companies : Gogogo Films, ARTE, CNC, TV5 Monde
Countries : France
Keywords : literature, trial, censorship, 19th century, classic literature, portrait of an artist, social scandal, book writing, french writer, controversial book, literature history