Madame Bovary
Directed by	Jean Renoir
Screenplay by	Jean Renoir
Based on	Madame Bovary 1857 novel by Gustave Flaubert
Produced by	Gaston Gallimard
Starring	Max Dearly Valentine Tessier Pierre Renoir Robert Le Vigan
Cinematography	Jean Bachelet Alphonse Gibory
Edited by	Marguerite Renoir
Music by	Darius Milhaud
Production company	Nouvelle Société des Films
Distributed by	Nouvelle Société des Films
Release date	12 January 1934
Running time	101 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Madame Bovary is a 1934 French historical drama film directed by Jean Renoir, starring Max Dearly, Valentine Tessier and Pierre Renoir, and adapted from Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel Madame Bovary.^[1]

Plot summary

Cast

Critical reception

On the film's original release, Variety wrote that in interpreting the novel for film, "Renoir has done an exceptionally commendable job. Regardless of its snail-like pace, the production, combines a straight simple narrative with a fine sense of background authenticity and dramatic understanding." The reviewer doubted however, that box office appeal would extend much beyond readers of the book, "despite the better than average quality of the film."^[2]