Madame Bovary
Summary: 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.
Runtime: 2 h 23 min
MPAA: PG-13
Movie budget: $ 50,000,000
Domestic: $ 1,942,423
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