The Emma Bovary Trial

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.

• Audrey GordonDirector
• Émilie MussetWriter
• Audrey GordonWriter
• Antoine AssayasOriginal Music Composer

• Natalia DontchevaSelf - Narrator (voice)
• Vincent SacripantiSelf - Narrator (voice)
• Tiago Gomes RodriguesSelf - Playwright
• Catherine MilletSelf - Writer
• Jacques RancièreSelf - Philosopher
• Karl Ove KnausgårdSelf - Writer
• Mario Vargas LlosaSelf - Writer
• Régis JauffretSelf - Writer
• Nathalie SarrauteSelf - Writer (archive footage)
• Maurice NadeauSelf - Writer (archive footage)
• Julian BarnesSelf - Writer (archive footage)
• Isabelle HuppertSelf - Actress (archive footage)