Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert's enduring classic is faithfully adapted in this mesmerizing Masterpiece Theatre miniseries. Francesca Annis stars as Emma Bovary, a woman who's living a staid existence but craves a more thrilling life filled with passion. To this end, she works to emulate the lives of the heroines in the pages of her favorite romantic novels -- and succeeds. As she soon discovers, however, the thrills often come with a large measure of pain.