Bel Ami

Bel Ami

102 mins | Drama, Romance | March 9, 2012

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.

Bel Ami

102 mins | Drama, Romance | March 9, 2012

Bel Ami
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.
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers RAI, Redwave Films, Protagonist Pictures, 19 Entertainment
Original title Bel Ami
Directors Nick Shuttleworth, Zoe Morgan, Josh Robertson, Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod, Tom Brewster
Writers Rachel Bennette, Guy de Maupassant

Cast

Robert Pattinson

as Georges Duroy

Uma Thurman

as Madeleine Forestier

Christina Ricci

as Clotilde de Marelle

Kristin Scott Thomas

as Virginie Walters

Colm Meaney

as Monsieur Rousset

Philip Glenister

as Charles Forestier

Holliday Grainger

as Suzanne Rousset

Natalia Tena

as Rachel the Prostitute

Anthony Higgins

as Comte de Vaudrec

James Lance

as François Laroche

Thomas Arnold

as Louis

Timothy Walker

as Solicitor

Pip Torrens

as Paul the Butler

Christopher Fulford

as Police Commisioner

Amy Marston

as Nanny

Eloise Webb

as Laurine de Marelle

Frank Dunne

as Bishop

Christos Lawton

as Journalist (uncredited)