Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert (VHS, 2000) BBC PAL.

MADAME BOVARY

GUSTAVE FLAUBERT

Marriage to the reliable but unexciting Charles, a provincial doctor, leaves Emma feeling frustrated and unfulfilled.

In search of her "grand passion" she embarks on a series of love affairs which eventually lead her on the path to self-destruction.

Desperate and humiliated, Emma is forced to confront

the consequences of her obsession.

STARRING:

FRANCES O'CONNOR, HUGH BONNEVILLE, EILFEN ATKINS, GREG WISE, KEITH BARRON, HUGH DANCY, TREVOR PEACOCK, DAVID TROUGHTON.

JOE MCGANN, BARBARA JEFFORD, JESSICA OYELOWO.

JOE ROBERTS, MARY MACLEOD, CLAIRE HACKETt, PHILLIP MANIKUM, WILLIE ROsS, JENNY HOWE.

MARIAN DIAMOND, ADAM COOPER, STANLEY LEBOR, DESMOND BARRIT, THOMAS WHEATLEY, ROY MACREADY.

Br219-251222t