Gemma Bovery

About Gemma Bovery

Martin, an ex-Parisian well-heeled hipster passionate about Gustave Flaubert who settled into a Norman village as a baker, sees an English couple moving into a small farm nearby. Not only are the names of the new arrivals Gemma and Charles Bovery, but their behavior also seems to be inspired by Flaubert's heroes.

Gemma Bovery (2014) is a comedy romance film directed by Anne Fontaine. Its themes are literature, art restoration, reading a diary, and parent child relationship.

Gemma Arterton takes the lead as Gemma Bovery, Jason Flemyng as Charlie, Fabrice Luchini as Martin, and Elsa Zylberstein as Wizzy. At 99 minutes long, it arrived in September 2014.

The screenplay is by Anne Fontaine and Pascal Bonitzer. It comes from France Télévisions and OCS. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and France Channel Amazon Channel in the United States.

The Jane Austen Book Club, Me Before You, and Mamma Mia! make useful companions to Gemma Bovery, all filed under small town. TMDB voters put it at 6.2 out of 10 across 350 votes and it carries a R rating.