Gemma Bovery (2015)
Gemma Bovery
”A couple moves to a village in Normandy, where a baker sees parallels between the wife and a literary character.”
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Who has never been captivated by a book, to the point of seeing reality through the eyes of the work? That is what happens in this interesting story, full of romance, drama and humor. Who has never faced their muse or inspiring muse, let them cast the first stone...
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Life imitates art in uncanny ways when Gemma Bovery and her husband Charles move into an old farmhouse in Normandy...in the very same village where Flaubert’s classic novel 'Madame Bovary' was written a century earlier. Immediately entranced by the lovely Gemma, local baker and Flaubert enthusiast Martin Joubert quickly draws parallels between the literary character and her real-life counterpart.
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