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Pleasure
Pleasure
  1. Movies
  2. Pleasure

Pleasure

1994
1h 30m
Drama
TV Movie
Crime

Status

Released

Release

1994

Runtime

1h 30m

Storyline

"A Raunchy Reworking of Flaubert's Madame Bovery"

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
Oct 25, 1994
Languages
English
Director
Ian Sharp
Ian Sharp

Top Cast

15 Cast Members

Jennifer Ehle

Jennifer Ehle

Emma Desneuves

Adrian Dunbar

Adrian Dunbar

Gustave Coudray

James Larkin

James Larkin

Charles Desneuves

Rosalind Knight

Rosalind Knight

Madame Desneuves

Judith Paris

Judith Paris

La Patronne

Robert Austin

Le Patron

Sarah Badel

Sarah Badel

The Widow

Trevor Byfield

Trevor Byfield

Hotelier

John Forgeham

John Forgeham

Police Chief

Sarah Franzl

Young Widow

Mark McGann

Mark McGann

Detective Jimenez

Michael McGinn

Terrorist

Beth Porter

Amber

Bryan Pringle

Bryan Pringle

Flaubert

Mireille Rivat

Tart

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