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'Madame Bovary' film will star Mia Wasikowska

The new film adaptation of the classic book will also star actors Paul Giamatti and Rhys Ifans.

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Mia Wasikowska is starring in a new film version of 'Madame Bovary.'
  • By Molly Driscoll Staff Writer

Gustave Flaubert鈥檚 classic novel 鈥淢adame Bovary鈥� is being adapted into a new version for the screen.

鈥�Jane Eyre鈥� actress Mia Wasikowska is starring as Emma Bovary while actor Henry Lloyd-Hughes of 鈥淎nna Karenina鈥� is portraying her husband Charles. Actor Paul Giamatti is playing Monsieur Homais, the pharmacist in the town in which the Bovarys reside, while 鈥�The Amazing Spider-Man鈥� actor Rhys Ifans is portraying Monsieur Lheureux, a merchant who convinces Emma to live beyond her means.

Sophie Barthes, who previously helmed the 2009 film 鈥淐old Souls鈥� (also starring Giamatti), is directing the film.

鈥淏ovary鈥� has previously been adapted as a 2000 TV miniseries which aired on PBS starring Frances O鈥機onnor and 鈥�Downton Abbey鈥� actor Hugh Bonneville and as a 1949 feature film starring Jennifer Jones and James Mason.

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