Emma Bovary is a farmer's daughter who dreams of a romantic and bourgeois life in the big city. She marries a rural doctor who, however, does not give her the life she longs for. Lonely she tries to give shape to her fantasies through a series of romances and the purchase of exotic clothing. However, it is clear that she is slowly but surely drifting further and further away from the real fulfillment of her desires and losing all grip on reality.