Question 1

What literary connection does the film establish through its characters' names and behavior?

Accepted Answer

The English couple moving into a Norman village are named Gemma and Charles Bovery, and their behavior seems inspired by Gustave Flaubert's heroes, which the baker Martin notices.

Question 2

Which festival premiered Gemma Bovery?

Accepted Answer

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014.

Question 3

How did Gemma Arterton prepare for her role as Gemma Bovery?

Accepted Answer

Gemma Arterton learned to speak French for the film with help from her French boyfriend Franklin Ohannessian, having known no French when cast.

Question 4

What connection does a bed scene argument make to another French literary work?

Accepted Answer

While Martin and Valerie argue about Madame Bovary's banality, Valerie reads a biography of François Mauriac, whose novel Thérèse Desqueyroux also features a bored woman attempting to poison her husband.

Question 5

Who convinced director Anne Fontaine to cast Gemma Arterton in the lead role?

Accepted Answer

Isabelle Huppert convinced Anne Fontaine to consider Gemma Arterton, whom Fontaine had previously rejected due to Arterton starring in another Posy Simmonds adaptation, Tamara Drewe.

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