Madame Bovary: Claude Chabrol’s adaptation of Gustave Flaubert’s famous novel of the same name tells the story of a young wife who, bored with her life in a small French village, starts having love affairs and accruing debts to live beyond the modest means her medical doctor husband can afford. Isabelle Huppert creates a dreamy but cold protagonist who is somewhat unpleasant but generally interesting; it’s a fine performance, with a good range of emotions on display. Jean-François Balmer is fine as her dedicated husband, a good but weak man. Lucas Belvaux and Christophe Malavoy, as her distinctly different paramours, are fine. Cinematographer Jean Rabier gives the film a bright look, which brings up all the sumptuousness and beauty of costume designer Corinne Jorry’s work. Editor Monique Fardoulis keeps the pace easygoing until the third act when emotions explode.