Bel Ami
Mar 09 2012
•2h 42m
•Romance, Drama
Georges Duroy travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.
Cast
See allRobert Pattinson
Georges Duroy
Uma Thurman
Madeleine Forestier
Christina Ricci
Clotilde de Marelle
Kristin Scott Thomas
Virginie Walters
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