Overwhelmed by monotony and the sense of meaninglessness, Emilia retreats steadily further away from her role as a mother, and housewife. She regrets the life she has lived. The joy and hope brought to Emilia by her secret lover are fading as well.
Working with his long-term screenwriter Paz Alicia Garciadiego once again, Arturo Ripstein (The Realm of Fortune, Deep Crimson) proves a perfect filmmaker to reinterpret Flaubert’s Madame Bovary—modernising the tragic masterpiece by relocating its action to contemporary Mexico.
Mexico
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