Warner Bros. Germany Acquires Sophie Barthes’ MADAME BOVARY Starring Mia Wasikowska, Paul Giamatti, & Rhys Ifans

Warner Bros. Germany has picked up all German speaking rights to MADAME BOVARY, based on Gustave Flaubert’s masterpiece, from A COMPANY FIlmed Entertainment.

The film, starring Mia Wasikowska (ALICE IN WONDERLAND), Paul Giamatti (THE IDES OF MARCH, SIDEWAYS), Rhys Ifans (NOTTING HILL) and Ezra Miller (WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN), is directed by Sophie Barthes (COLD SOULS) who co-wrote the screenplay with Rose Barrenche.

The classic romance drama is produced by Joe Neurauter & Felipe Marino of Occupant Entertainment in association with Aden Films’ Sophie Barthes and Aleph Motion Pictures’ Jaime Mateus-Tique with financing coming from Prescience with Tim Smith and Paul Brett taking Executive Producer credits. The Co-producers include Germany’s A COMPANY Filmed Entertainment’s Alexander van Duelmen and Kai Kuenneman, Belgian’s Scope Pictures’ Genevieve Lemal and Left Field Ventures’ John Engel.

Currently in post-production, MADAME BOVARY was shot in Le Perche, France. Radiant Films International is handling foreign sales.

MADAME BOVARY tells the tragic story of Emma (Wasikowska), a young beauty who impulsively marries a small-town doctor to leave her father’s pig farm behind. But after being introduced to the glamorous world of high society, she soon becomes bored with her stodgy mate and seeks excitement and status outside the bonds of marriage.

Following the success of CLOUD ATLAS and Pepe Danquart’s RUN BOY RUN, MADAME BOVARY is the next international co-production for A COMPANY Filmed Entertainment. They are also handling distribution of MADAME BOVARY in select territories including Eastern Europe, Russia and Vietnam.