I Peccati di Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert would agree with us, this transposition can be see only for the presence of Edwige Fenech. If she wasn't there, we should talk about a film that is heavier than a
parmigiana eaten on the beach in August (Who know, if Flaubert has never
tasted it). Apart
from that, since there is Fenech, who in 1969 was twenty-one years old
and she has already starred in a decent list of sexy movies sexy, "Alla
Dame Del Castello Piace Fare Solo Quello" and "Desideri e Voglie Pazze
di Tre Insaziabili Ragazze", including those
reviewed here, we stay to look at...this movie, from beginning to end,
making a lot of questions, however, about the beautiful French actress.
We find Hans Schott-Shobinger as
director who was an an important author, and cinema, theatre director and also an
important personality for Bavarian cinema. In the last years of his career, this is the last film, he directed some sexy movies, signed with the pseudonym of John Scott.
As
you can easily guess "The Sins of Madame Bovary", would be the transposition of the well-known Flaubert's novel, from which it
try to take as much as possible and to reproduce faithfully the
sufferings of the beautiful Emma.
There are however large variations on the theme, a lightening of context to make the story more palatable to the public. But
even with these variations it's a very slow story, with no surprises, probably for its ispiration or for the years in which the
film was made.
Everything
is on the shoulders of the beautiful Edwige, accompanied among others by some
actor who will meet again in "off" production like Gianni
Dei, he always, the hero of "Patrick Still Lives" or "Giallo in Venice" already expressionless, and there are also Peter Carsten, Rossana Rovere, Patrizia
Auditori and Maria Pia Conte and a number of German actors.
The
commitment is there and you can see, everyone is struggling with trying
to make well the characters and give drama to the story, the photography is
also good, but a little 'more pace would not hurt. Ah! If there wasn't Edwige!
Technical
Original title: Die nackte Bovary
Alternative
Titles: The Sins of Madame Bovary (Italy), Madame Bovary (Spain,
International), Les folles nuits de la Bovary (France), Oi erastes tis
Madame Bovary (Greece), Os Pecados de Madame Bovary (Brazil), Play the Game or Leave the Bed (UK), The Sins of Madame Bovary (USA)
Director: Hans Schott Shobinger
Year: 1969
Country: Germany, Italy
Cast: Edwige Fenech, Gianni Dei, Peter Carsten, Rossana Rovere, Patrizia Auditori, Maria Pia Conte
Production House: Devon Film, Roger Fritz Filmproduktion, Triton Films
