When an English couple named Gemma and Charles Bovery move into a small Normandy town, Martin Joubert, the baker and resident Flaubert fan, can’t believe it. Here are two real life people who seem to be replicating the behaviour of his favourite fictional characters right before his eyes.
This charming re-telling of Madame Bovary is a visual feast, from the picturesque countryside to the so-good-you-canalmost-taste-it patisserie. Gemma Arterton is the playfully updated version of France’s most famous heroine, and Fabrice Luchini is the smitten baker and film’s narrator. Complications ensue when Gemma meets a dashing aristocrat.
