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Gustav Flaubert's celebrated novel of obsessive ardor undergoes a dazzling retrofit for the screen, courtesy of French neurosis-master Claude Chabrol. The basic story (a woman's selfish quest for happiness ends up obliterating all she holds dear) may be the same, but Chabrol's talent for biting through to the dark marrow of passion makes this a startling experience, even for people familiar with the source material or the numerous other cinematic adaptations. Casting Isabelle Huppert in the title role (she's at least a decade older than the standard conception of this willfully tragic heroine) was a potentially risky gambit that
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Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release date: 5 November 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780792853862 UPC: 027616880628
Release date: 5 November 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780792853862 UPC: 027616880628
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