Overview
A drama questioning the role of women by doing a little throwback to Victorian times, Madame Bovary is a modern take on a romance novel which, when it was initially released, was attacked for obscenity by public prosecutors. Mia Wasikowska plays Emma Bovary, a bored, restless country doctor's wife who turns to excessive luxury and lusty affairs to try rebel against the stifling restraints of being a women during that period.
Concrete Playground has five double passes to give away to see Madame Bovary, which will be in cinemas on the 9th of July. To be in the draw, email us at auckland@concreteplayground.co.nz the header MADAME BOVARY and tell us in 25 words what your favourite Victorian novel is and why.