At first, Madame Bovary’s greyhound, Djali, is enthralled by her owner. Where Madame Bovary goes, she follows. But as Madame Bovary grows more and more depressed, so does Djali. Djali stops eating and no longer obeys commands. One day, she gives up all together and falls to the floor. A few months later, Madame Bovary and her husband, Charles, decide to move to the countryside. On their way to Yonville, Djali wanders from the stagecoach, and when Madame Bovary tells her to stay, she sprints into the woods.  There she lives in a valley with a river and attempts to survive on her own. She hunts and follows her every animal instinct.  One night, the dog sees a wolf with blood dripping from its mouth and almost entirely forgets about her past life with Madame Bovary. That summer, she eats a bear liver right from the carcass. On a cold night, the greyhound shivers in the mud. She goes to find meager bones she had hidden previously, now starving and close to death. Suddenly, she slips and falls into the valley and breaks her leg. She rests her head and accepts her fate. Hours or perhaps days later, a game warden named Hubert rescues the greyhound. He names her Hubert after himself. After five years together, Hubert and Hubert walk to a cemetery together. There, the greyhound sees Madame Bovary, who can’t remember her old greyhound’s name.