Bel Ami (2012) ( Bel Ami - Storia di un seduttore )

Bel Ami (2012) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Bel Ami - Storia di un seduttore
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Declan Donnellan
Nick Ormerod

Written By:
Guy de Maupassant
Rachel Bennette

Actors:
Robert Pattinson ..... Georges Duroy
Uma Thurman ..... Madeleine Forestier
Kristin Scott Thomas ..... Virginie Rousset
Christina Ricci ..... Clotilde de Marelle
Colm Meaney ..... Monsieur Rousset
Philip Glenister ..... Charles Forestier
Holliday Grainger ..... Suzanne Rousset
Natalia Tena ..... Rachel the Prostitute
James Lance ..... François Laroche
Anthony Higgins ..... Comte de Vaudrec
Timothy Walker ..... Solicitor
Pip Torrens ..... Paul the Butler
Christopher Fulford ..... Police Commisioner
Amy Marston ..... Nanny
Frank Dunne ..... Bishop

Synopsis:

Georges Duroy is a penniless soldier returning from the war. He travels to Paris in order to search for ways to improve his social and financial status. But he uses his wit and powers of seduction to charm wealthy women, but as he goes from nothing to money all hell breaks loose and things happen and end up looking bad for him.But as he goes along with what he has in mind to do, tragity sets in when all the things that has happened with him and his friends wives end up crashing down and ends up in lot of sticky situations.Bel Ami is a 2012 drama film starring Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci and Colm Meaney. The film is directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod and is based on the 1885 French novel of the same name by Guy de Maupassant.The film had its world premiere out of competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival on 17 February 2012, and was released theatrically on 8 June 2012 by Magnolia Pictures. The film was budgeted at 9 million.

Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga series) stars in Bel Ami, a stylish and erotic tale of ambition, power and seduction set in 19th Century Paris. Bel Ami is the story of Georges Duroy ( Pattinson), who travels 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.

Georges Duroy is a penniless soldier returning from war. He travels to Paris in a search for ways to improve his social and financial status. He uses his wit and powers of seduction to charm wealthy women.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 29 August, 2012.