'Madame Bovary' film will star Mia Wasikowska
The new film adaptation of the classic book will also star actors Paul Giamatti and Rhys Ifans.
The new film adaptation of the classic book will also star actors Paul Giamatti and Rhys Ifans.
Gustave Flaubert鈥檚 classic novel 鈥淢adame Bovary鈥� is being adapted into a new version for the screen.
鈥淛ane 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 鈥淭he 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 鈥淒ownton Abbey鈥� actor Hugh Bonneville and as a 1949 feature film starring Jennifer Jones and James Mason.