GEMMA BOVERY Arrives on DVD/Blu-ray September 1

GEMMA BOVERY is the clever, modern new film from acclaimed director Anne Fontaine (Coco Before Chanel), an adaptation of Posy Simmonds’ (Tamara Drewe) popular graphic novel of the same name, itself a contemporary re-working of Gustave Flaubert’s literary masterpiece Madame Bovary.

GEMMA BOVERY begins when earthy British beauty Gemma Bovery (Gemma Arterton, Tamara Drewe) and her husband Charlie (Jason Flemyng, X-Men: First Class) move to a charming old farmhouse in the very same Norman village where Flaubert’s classic was written a century earlier. Local baker and Flaubert expert Martin Joubert (Fabrice Luchini, Potiche) becomes entranced with Gemma—and it doesn't take long before he is drawing parallels between the literary and real-life women. Gemma catches the eye of a handsome local playboy (Niels Schneider, Chaos), and when her magnetic ex suddenly reappears, she seems to be fulfilling Joubert's worst fears that her destiny is linked to that of Flaubert’s doomed heroine.

At once a cheeky literary mash-up, a sensuous romance, a witty feminist commentary and a heady celebration of French provincial life, GEMMA BOVERY is highlighted by an outstanding performance from the increasingly popular Gemma Arterton. Director/co-writer Fontaine was thrilled to work with Gemma as she took on the role of Gemma.



“I had seen Gemma in Tamara Drewe, and in away I had told myself that because she had already played a character written by Posy Simmonds, this role wouldn’t interest her. So I met with some English actresses with one objective in mind; they had to be sexy when speaking French,’ recalls Fontaine. “But none of those I’d met with had aroused anything in me,” recalls Fontaine. “Eventually I met Gemma Arterton, and as soon as she opened the door and read me a little extract in French that she had written, I knew that I was dealing with an atomic bomb; she gives off an energy that means you cannot help but love her.”

Following its recent theatrical rollout to theU.S.’s top markets, Music Box Films Home Entertainment will release GEMMA BOVERY on Blu-ray, DVD and Video On Demand (VOD) on September 1, 2015 (prebook July 28, 2015). Filled with bonus materials,including a making-of featurette and gallery of images from the graphic novel, the Blu-ray and DVD carry a suggested retail prices of $34.95 and $29.95, respectively.

A sensual and invigorating work that lushly polishes the connections between literature and cinema, just as it explores the infinite possibilities of life and art, GEMMA BOVERY is a charming modern-day fable suitable for anyone intrigued by the notion of romantic destiny.


Gemma Bovery
Music Box Films Home Entertainment

DVD & BLU-RAY RELEASE DATE: September 1, 2015

PRE-ORDER DATE: July 28, 2015

Price: DVD $29.95
Blu-ray $34.95
Director / Co-screenwriter: Anne Fontaine

Cast: Gemma Arterton, Fabrice Luchini, Jason Flemyng, Isabelle Candelier, Niels Schneider, Mel Raido, Elsa Zylberstein, Pip Torrens

RunningTime: 99 minutes

Format:2.35:1 widescreen

SoundFormat: Dolby Digital 5.1

Rating: R

Country: France

Language: English and French with English subtitles  

Bonus Features*
- In The Footsteps of Emma: The Making of Gemma Bovery
- Master Class with Director Anne Fontaine
- From Page to Screen Graphic Novel Gallery
- Theatrical Trailer