Isable Hubbert's Madame Bovary staggers onto DVD...

Directed by the venerable French Filmmaker Claude Chabrol and starring the legendary French actress Isabella Huppert, 1991's version of Madame Bovary has just been released by Koch Lorber on DVD. The film got a fairly wide release in the US upon its release in the early 90's.



This version is very faithful to the novel (often thought to be impossible to film). Director Chabrol even filmed some of the film near Flaubert's home in Rouen with some of the dialogue lifted directly from the book. Chabrol is not known for doing period pieces which makes this an interesting exercise as Huppert gives a contemporary style performance. Unfortunately, Huppert's performance is the only one of note here, but in many ways it is enough.