Claude Chabrol's adaptation of Flaubert follows Isabelle Huppert's bored provincial wife into debt and ruin. Cool, faithful and precise, with a superb Huppert, it is an elegant, clinical take on the classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

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IMDb: 6.6 / 10 (5,018 votes)
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