Madame Bovary

The classic tale of a woman who craves passion and intimacy, but finds only greed, betrayal, and heartbreak, as she stumbles towards suicide. Aged and unhappy middle-class wife, Emma is married to a clumsy country doctor. She revolts against the ordinariness of her life by pursuing dreams of ecstasy and love. But her sensuous desires, multiple affairs, and self-delusions lead to suffering, corruption, and downfall.