Thursday, October 25, 2012

Ifans Ready To Take On Madame Bovary Adaptation

Rhys Ifans ("The Amazing Spider-Man") has joined the new adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's classic 1856 novel "Madame Bovary" says Variety.


Mia Wasikowska will play Emma Bovary, the beautiful wife of a small-town doctor who she married to escape her father's pig farm. She constantly tries to climb the social ladder by engaging in extra-marital affairs.

Ifans plays Monsieur Lheureuse, a manipulative merchant.

Paul Giamatti is set to play Monsieur Homais, the town apothecary who is a close confidant of her husband Charles.  Ezra Miller will play Bovary's love interest Leon

The film is a faithful period piece but is said to emphasize the more youthful and contemporary themes.

Sophie Barthes ("Cold Souls") will direct from a screenplay by Rose Barreneche.

Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino will produce the film.

Shooting kicks off next Spring in Europe.

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