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Madame Bovary Series: Saint and Sinner: The Tempestuous Career of Jennifer Jones [May 16 – 24] Director: Vincente Minnelli, Country: USA, Release: 1949, Runtime: 115 “Vincente Minnelli's direction of his star in Bovary is exquisite, and the famous ball sequence remains one of cinema's superior moments… No wonder Emma Bovary thought there was life outside her small town. And no wonder Jennifer Jones became a goddess!” – Liz Smith With the exception of a heavy-handed framing device involving Gustave Flaubert’s obscenity trial, Vincente Minnelli’s Madame Bovary is the most faithful and affecting film version of the great 19th century novel. Jones, allegedly fearful of taking on such a complex role, is simply ravishing. The film perfectly captures Emma’s girlish enthusiasm; her yearning and discontent; her insistent desire to have it all regardless of the cost; and her final, brutally punishing descent into tragedy. Possessing a seemingly intuitive understanding of Flaubert’s work, Jones projects all of her character’s contradictions–– warmth, vanity (her extravagant shopping sprees are a hedonistic delight), the desire but inability to be a good wife and mother, and an uncontrollable romanticism when faced with a handsome new lover (Louis Jourdain)––in a powerful performance that hits all the marks. Minnelli’s exquisite ballroom waltz is a marvel of cinematography, choreography and Jones’s delirious excitement. Co-starring Van Heflin, Gene Lockhart, and James Mason as Flaubert, with a powerful score by Miklós Rózsa.

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