I remember watching the series in early 80s with my mom. We just love it. My mom died last week. Watch it now made me feel close to my mom again.

@victoriabiagi9304

Ай бұрын

My deepest condolences, i have lost my mama recently too.The souls of them are free and in heavenly realms.You will see her again after you leave this world. I wish you peace and strength to go walk your path in life with dignity and strength in het honour.God bless your souls and keep you always.with compassion and love from Victoria.✨✨🌈

I remember watching this with my mum, we thought Francesca Annie was the perfect Madame Bovary, Lovely to see it again 🙂❤️❤️

This was marvellous with a great performance for Francesca Annis.

Francesca Annis is a great actress and has not had the accolades she deserves.

Francesca Annis was the perfect combination of brains beauty all the other parts were well acted especially Tom Conti giving such a selfless performance and Ray Smith who could step into any role or character type and be convincing. His work and contribution seemed to have been forgotten in the passage of time though. Much better then any of the upper class garbage that passes for quality drama on the BBC today or any other of these period dramas which have been taken over by old Etonians and the offspring of the rich and famous and have all the soul and conviction of a palace play. Thanks for the priceless upload.

@heardofjohn6854

6 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome "raw". This is by far my all-time favorite M.T. series, and happy you enjoyed it. (Sorry for the delay in responding. Believe it or not, I forgot I had to "check" the comments, and just doing so now - (gulp.)

Thank you very much for sharing all these episodes. Marvellous classic .

@heardofjohn6854

2 жыл бұрын

@Melanie Metcalfe: Very welcome Melanie.

Thank you for this wonderful series!!!!

@heardofjohn6854

Жыл бұрын

@The Clever Merchant: You're very welcome; it's my personal favorite version.

Superb. Thank you. I was so lucky to grow up with adaptations of this quality in the '60's/70's. Nothing now - for all the expense wasted on flashy sets, comes close to this quality of adaption and performance. More please!!

@heardofjohn6854

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@amysill3815

7 ай бұрын

Yes, because Hollywood and its analogs have no moral compass anymore… they don’t know how to make entertainment that has any real meaning.

@Dragon1Grrl

2 ай бұрын

these days

My favorite adaptation of Flaubert’s novel. Thank you so much for sharing this.

@heardofjohn6854

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome divinemsm716.

Thank you for posting this, I enjoyed it, although other viewers did not like Tom Conti's performance, I think his portrayal was very good, an excellent Emma Bovary.

Thank you for posting this amazing series. I'm a Francesca fan love her in all she's acted in Lillie being her number one. However one part in these series the outside scenery is floating. Then in the carriage Francesca's head is bobbing around while all others are sitting still. Well apart from these errors I still enjoyed it heaps...

Marvelous adaptation! Thank you.

@heardofjohn6854

2 жыл бұрын

@Ada Everleigh - very welcome Ada.

angain let me thank you!! this was the best version I ever saw! I have seen pretty bad Madame Bovarys in the past! this is a gem! the acting was wonderful and loved that it had a play form to it!! you have made my evening quite enjoyable! 😄

@heardofjohn6854

7 жыл бұрын

Again - my pleasure Helen. It's funny, as in your other comment, I responded that I hoped you enjoyed this version the way I did, but this confirms it. Wasn't it a pure gem!! No other actress could top Francesca Annis, not to mention the whole production. Cheers my friend.

@71mrspeel

7 жыл бұрын

As American we don't get to see too many shows like this as I'm sure you know!!! I remember watching a lot of these BBC shows as a child in the seventies on Pbs Masterpiece Theater like Upstairs Downstairs The Duchess of Duke Street and many more! It's such a treat to find something like this 😄

@heardofjohn6854

7 жыл бұрын

Helen: I just got your 3rd comment, but Y.T. is acting up - yet AGAIN - and not allowing me to post it. If the problem isn't resolved, I'll post it myself and credit you with the comment!!

@heardofjohn6854

7 жыл бұрын

Helen: I just posted your third comment right above this one. Hope you see it. Yes, totally agree: like yourself, M.T. is where I saw all these classic and vintage series in the 70s, which was the epitome of their best years. (I ordered "Sunset Song", my second favorite, from the Louis Grassic Gibbon center, by phone, in Scotland. Cost a pretty penny, but worth it - lol). But again, so glad you love this one.

@71mrspeel

7 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you very much ! I see it ! Very kind! Did you download Sunset song like to see it. I'll look it up ! Hope you and your loved ones have a have a wonderful and festive holiday!🎍🎄🎉😄

Such performance! Francesca Annis WAS Emma! Many Thanks "heardofjohn" from CHILE.

Superb series thank you for the upload. I read the book over Christmas beautifully written from start to finish, and then enjoyed this tremendously well acted adaptation.

@heardofjohn6854

3 жыл бұрын

@Nostalgia Gamer: You're very welcome; this was always my favorite adaptation, and my all-time favorite Masterpiece Theater series (from 1976).

Francesca Anis gave a wonderful British interpretation of her character while Tom Conte's was also excellent too yet more of a Frenchman's sensibilties/character.

Haven't seen this in just decades. Thank.you!

@heardofjohn6854

4 жыл бұрын

@ Tom Pogson: Very welcome.

Thanks so much for posting this! I thoroughly enjoyed it! Much appreciated!

@heardofjohn6854

Жыл бұрын

@Chris Piazza: Thank you for your lovely comment, and glad you enjoyed it.

@chrispiazza9544

Жыл бұрын

@@heardofjohn6854 You're more than welcome! It's generous folks like you who make KZread such a treasure for me!!

@heardofjohn6854

Жыл бұрын

@@chrispiazza9544 Lovely, courteous comments like yours are always appreciated. You wouldn't believe how crass and rude some folks are, but fortunately, I'd say they amount to about 1%; 99% of comments are polite and appreciative. Thanks again Chris; have a groovy weekend, (it's Friday - lol).

bonus: the beautiful fashions, men's and women's. love the men's dressing gowns.

@christinehedberg1799

8 жыл бұрын

+Christine Hedberg and the furniture.

thanks for uploading this version

I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you so very much for putting this on here for us. I know Flaubert had a bit of the antinatalist in his personal philosophy. It came through loud and clear with the last line of episode 4. Excellent job! 💕

@heardofjohn6854

2 жыл бұрын

@Deb Hurd - Deb, I accidently deleted your nice comment re: your ear buds, and thanking me for the uploads. (Only recently have I learned to up the volume, but uploading is an incredibly long process. So, glad the ear buds work for you - lol.)

@kerryhorwitz4093

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for introducing me to antimatalism. I had to leave your comment and do a bit of research. I admit I had never heard of this philosophy. It is an interesting idea to conquer death by no longer producing life. This clashes with my own Catholic view that life is the education of the soul. This is considering the subject assuming it is possible. Antinatalism would first require the removal of love, maternal desire, and passion from the human constitution, which would be necessary if such a philosophy could take root in human existence. Antinatalism has to be predicated on the idea that human life has no meaning. If Catholicism is correct, human life, with its suffering and sorrow, hones the soul for a life beyond this one like a sculpter hones his slab of rough marble into a statue of great beauty and meaning. It also fixates on the suffering of life and omits consideration of its joys. I only had a small overview of the subject, but it has been interesting...

Again as a lifelong Flaubert fan--and as a new fan of this production--I remain grateful for this upload, but the volume level really is a shame 😢

@heardofjohn6854

Жыл бұрын

@Leaping Laura: From my "About" tab: "Sorry about the audio level folks; in all honesty, I don't have the tech savvy to fix it. But if you have your computer hooked up to a good set of speakers, like myself, you can control - and raise - the volume level via the speakers. I have no problem on my end."

It's interesting comparing this version to the earlier American version with Jennifer Jones. Francesca Annis portrayed her as a hard-edged cunning, manipulative narcissist, whilst JJ projected a poignant victim of her own passions, destroyed by her two lovers' deceit and exploitation. I thoroughly enjoyed watching both versions. Thank you!

@heardofjohn6854

8 жыл бұрын

+Blithe Spirit Very welcome. This is my all-time favorite "vintage" M.T. series, and your perceptive take on the distinctions between the two versions was very interesting.

@mariehelenebourlet

7 жыл бұрын

Would be interesting ro read Faubert's story itself.......

@sissyrayself7508

4 жыл бұрын

I think the narcissist version is closer to the novel's original intent.

@chrispiazza9544

Жыл бұрын

My take from the novel was that Emma was a little of both. I found this version so much more compelling than the American version which was really trash. But Annis is harder than my memory of Emma from the novel. Yes, she's very manipulative and narcissistic but Flaubert also wrote her as almost a victim of her own passions and naive, almost childish immaturity. In the writing he fleshes out this conflicted character. I can't imagine trying to portray it as an actor. So difficult. Annis was also led by the director who chose this interpretation. Bovary is such a fascinating character because of her contradictions. I really felt this was such a modern novel for it's time and it's sympathy for women quite astounding. You don't get that sense from this performance but in the novel it's quite clear that Flaubert sympathized with this creature he was also analyzing in her shallow blossoming and profound degradation.

@leapinglaura7343

Жыл бұрын

@@chrispiazza9544 I agree with your take, Chris, and apparently the French people did, too, since they were so scandalized by Flaubert's sympathy for his protagonist, that they wanted the book banned :))

Thank you very much for these four episodes, heardofofjoh.

@heardofjohn6854

4 жыл бұрын

@Esha: Very welcome Esha.

I love the film

Excellent!

She remindes me of the Jennifer Jones portrayal in the 1949 version

Where is their child??

She looks a lot like Olivia Del Haviland in this.

@starquant

4 жыл бұрын

Actually you are quite right.

@smichelle65

3 жыл бұрын

I also see Meg Tilly.

A warning to wives, but where is the warning to husbands?

Excellent, thanks for uploading but my hearing is not perfect and it was a strain to hear as volume was low.

@heardofjohn6854

Жыл бұрын

As posted years ago on my "About" tab: "Sorry about the audio level folks; in all honesty, I don't have the tech savvy to fix it. But if you have your computer hooked up to a good set of speakers, like myself, you can control - and raise - the volume level via the speakers. I have no problem on my end."

愛は欲して得られるものではない。

Conti’s performance didn’t quite do justice to the character. His naïveté needed a different, subtle treatment and not appear like the dumb hat shown here.

Still: Reading the book is much much better ....

@heardofjohn6854

2 жыл бұрын

@ramose83: It's like comparing apples to oranges. One is literary, the other visual drama. And....as far as visual drama goes, this is far and away the most artful and beautiful rendition.

Cuando la vi de chica me gusto.Los ingleses tan excelentes como de costumbre en estas cuestiones.Pero confieso que luego lei el libro y no me impresiono .🌹🍃🌹🍃🌹🍃🌹🍃🌹

@heardofjohn6854

4 жыл бұрын

¿Cuándo viste a quién de niña? ¿Y no te impresionó el libro?

@isammolina4842

4 жыл бұрын

@@heardofjohn6854 hola.Esta miniserie vi de niña🌹🍃.Mucho despues lei la novela y confieso que no me impresiono.Quizas la traduccion no era buena...no se.👀

Always liked Tom Conti, loved him in Shirley Valentine and American Dreamer. Yet his scenes where he is crying, are so staged and unbelievable.

@gvjudd1289

3 жыл бұрын

and silly

She is always on the point of hysteria. She grovels for love and has no compassion for a husband who is good

Dont like Tom Conte's method of acting ...I find him very irritating......but Francesca Annis is a wonderful actress and very underrated.....overall a brilliant upload...

Her life so close to me i am afraid so much 😭😭😭😭

هل كان فلوبير متشائما في نظرته للمجتمع الفرنسي البرجوازي ؟ ام كان ناقدا اخلاقيا لايما وشارل بوفاري ؟

@heardofjohn6854

4 жыл бұрын

ربما كلاهما؟

Why doesn't Emma ask Rudolphe to run away now? He clearly felt strong love for her, said he was foolish for what he did etc...why did she ask for the money? Rudolphe would have taken her away.

@twerk4jesus108

6 жыл бұрын

Rachel Rosen you don't know the first thing about men. He already got what he wanted from her. Why should he leave all his riches for a cheap tramp?

@olo8448

6 жыл бұрын

You might have different understanding after reading the original story by Flaubert. Rodolphe will never go anywhere with her. He loves his good life the most above anybody, lust and love are two different things after all.

@cindypattana6071

5 жыл бұрын

@@twerk4jesus108 and a stupid one at that.

@sissyrayself7508

4 жыл бұрын

She didn't really want to go anywhere..she loved being unfaithful.. the thrill of lying and cheating and being deceptive. She hated Charles for his goodness and purity and her multiple affairs were her backhanded and passive aggressive "revenge".

@sissyrayself7508

4 жыл бұрын

@@cindypattana6071 "twerk for Jesus"..? Really? that's your blasphemous username? ..no, I beg you.. please have a little dignity and DON'T.. trust me Jesus doesn't need anything from you.. especially when you twerk.

Annis was excellent as the ultimate narcissist, but Conti overdid it. M. Bovary was weak, but not a bumbling fool from a UK sitcom.

Sorry Madame.. judgement has just begun.

@heardofjohn6854

4 жыл бұрын

@Sissy Ray Self - Sorry Sissy, but has anyone ever told you that you suffer from terminal sanctimoniousness? Try exercising a bit of human empathy and understanding - you'll be much less of a cruel, obnoxious Bible-thumping bigot and actually start resembling a human being. You remind me of Trump, standing in front of a church holding a Bible - as faux a Christian as you. You think you won't suffer the fire and brimstone fate you seem to wish on those less holy than you? Continue with your heartless and gratuitously sadistic mindset, and you'll find out that your home in the afterlife will be hotter than an oven, if Hell does exist. Holier-than-thou, aren't you!! Spare us your vicious, simple-minded proselytizing.

@wk1810

3 жыл бұрын

@@heardofjohn6854 😬

@kardink

2 жыл бұрын

welp Sissy, you have touched heardofjohn's nerves several times and we certainly found out where he stands...I hope his/her eyes are open before it's too late. He seems to think you can't make a judgment based on the book/movie but he can make very hateful judgments about you, as if he is the great Judge and Creator.

@user-ow8zj8st3g

3 ай бұрын

@@kardink And you are doing the same. God doesnt exist but in your mind

Shopaholic.

Pickmeshia at her best... used by men and discarded...

So creepy - her corpse with eyes open.

Давно хотела увидеть Эмму Бовари такой, какой ее видел Флобер. Франческа Анни почти она. Жаль, что не показали Шарля после того, как он наткнулся на любовную переписку Эммы с Родольфом и Леоном. Наверное, это оказалось н е под силу и Тому Конти, и режиссеру и особенно сценаристу. Ведь этот фрагмент расставляет акценты по-другому: Шарль больше не может боготворить Эмму, но и жить без поклонения ей эта простая душа не может, и потому умирает тоже. Но роман глубже и тоньше прямых оценок героев, он вообще не про оценки. Не знаю того, кто мог бы адекватно выразить замысел Флобера. Но этот фильм хорош уже тем, что нет масок, костюмности. Конечно, это сериал, и тут много театральных примет в мизансценах, в дикции актеров, в их макияже и париках, в стилистике жеста и пр. Но не мешает. Р.с.: Слушать надо только в наушниках.