In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire marries a dull country doctor. To escape boredom, she throws herself into love affairs with a suave local landowner and a law student, and runs up ruinous debts.
Directed byClaude Chabrol
Written byGustave Flaubert, Claude Chabrol
CountryFrance
Runtime143 min
On screen
Isabelle Huppert
Jean-François Balmer
Christophe Malavoy