Madame Bovary

Following the death of her mother, Emma Rouault spends her days dreaming of romance. A focus for her romantic ideals arrives in the form of Dr Charles Bovary and he is soon captivated by her youthful charms.

A new start in Yonville coincides with the discovery that Emma is pregnant and the introduction of Leon, a handsome and passionate young law student who quickly becomes Emma's close companion and confidant.

On the morning of departure, Rodolphe has second thoughts and flees town, leaving a farewell note in a basket of fruit presented to the Bovary household. Traumatized, Emma enters a downward spiral from which she may never recover.