A young woman in her late teens, a reader of novels and with high hopes of romance and passion, marries a widowed country doctor. Although he dotes on her, she is soon bored and discontent. First, she ...

What to make of "Madame Bovary"? It's a question that's echoed through decades, and as a new film adaptation shows, echoes still. As played by the remarkable Mia Wasikowska ("Jane Eyre," "Alice in ...

It would seem unlikely that a story about a 19th century young French woman escaping her marriage and tedious provincial life by embarking on scandalous affairs would have much appeal to 21st century ...

Mia Wasikowska stars in the latest adaptation of the classic French novel By Todd McCarthy Madame Bovary Mia Wasikowska - H 2013 Barthes, whose promising previous feature, Cold Souls, debuted at ...

The 11 running of the Asian Film Awards was a strong night for South Korean films. But Chinese contemporary drama “I Am Not Madame Bovary” snatched the best film award and the best actress prize.

As a character study, Madame Bovary is interesting to watch, but hard to feel. It is a curiously unemotional account of some rather basic emotions. However, the surface treatment of Vincente ...