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Madame Bovary (1934 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Madame Bovary' is a 1934 French historical drama film directed by Jean Renoir, starring Max Dearly, Valentine Tessier and Pierre Renoir, and adapted from Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel 'Madame Bovary'.Donaldson-Evans p.193
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On the film's original release, 'Variety' wrote that in interpreting the novel for film, "Renoir has done an exceptionally commendable job. Regardless of its snail-like pace, the production, combines a straight simple narrative with a fine sense of background authenticity and dramatic understanding." The reviewer doubted however, that box office appeal would extend much beyond readers of the book, "despite the better than average quality of the film."
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* Donaldson-Evans, Mary. 'Madame Bovary at the Movies: Adaptation, Ideology, Context'. Rodopi, 2009.
* Goble, Alan. 'The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film'. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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