Film

Pleasure

1994 · 1h 30m · Drama · TV Movie · Crime

A Raunchy Reworking of Flaubert's Madame Bovery

IMDb

7.5

Alan Bleasdale's modern re-telling of Madame Bovary. A tale of passion, greed, revenge, and of course pleasure, set in France. Starring Line of Duty's Adrian Dunbar, Jennifer Ehle and James Larkin. In the French city of Rouen, the beautiful, young but bored Emma seeks to escape her dull married life. Her dreams are answered, and her comfortable, peaceful existence soon tarnished when she answers a lonely-hearts ad. She meets Gustave, a unsuccessful toy salesman, and potential con man. Together they begin a passionate affair, where they indulge in illicit sex and illegal scams. But parallel to their exhilarating affair, the police are on the hunt for a mysterious masked robber known only as Le Terroriste. As the stakes rise, and a betrayal means Emma finding herself alone, her own talents for deception develop into an overwhelming and obsessive desire for her to get her revenge.

Jennifer Ehle

Emma Desneuves

Adrian Dunbar

Gustave Coudray

James Larkin

Charles Desneuves

Rosalind Knight

Madame Desneuves

Judith Paris

La Patronne

Robert Austin

Le Patron

Sarah Badel

The Widow

Trevor Byfield

Hotelier

John Forgeham

Police Chief

Sarah Franzl

Young Widow

Mark McGann

Detective Jimenez

Michael McGinn

Terrorist

Beth Porter

Amber

Bryan Pringle

Flaubert

Mireille Rivat

Tart

• Ian SharpDirector
• Christopher HoodWriter
• Alan BleasdaleProducer

Release date

October 25, 1994

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie, Crime