Because Piter Carstens wants to cheat the insurance, he fakes his own death. A corpse is found quickly. But it is much more difficult that the corpse will be found properly by the authorities.

Emma Bovary, a dreamy, idealistic woman married to the dull provincial doctor Charles, yearns for the passion and luxury she’s read about in novels. After affairs with Léon and Rodolphe fail to fulfill her fantasies, her compulsive spending leads to crushing debt, and in despair, she decides to take her own life by poisoning.