Bel Ami (2012 film)
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| Directed by |
Declan Donnellan Nick Ormerod |
| Produced by | Uberto Pasolini |
| Screenplay by | Rachel Bennette |
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Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant |
| Starring |
Robert Pattinson Uma Thurman Kristin Scott Thomas Christina Ricci Colm Meaney Anthony Higgins |
| Music by |
Lakshman Joseph De Saram Rachel Portman |
| Cinematography | Stefano Falivene |
| Edited by |
Gavin Buckley Masahiro Hirakubo |
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Optimum Releasing Magnolia Pictures (USA theatrical) Stage 6 Films (USA all media) |
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92 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom France Italy |
| Language | English |
| Budget | €9 million |
| Box office | $8,303,261 |
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.
Georges Duroy (Robert Pattinson) is a penniless former soldier making a living as an office clerk in 1880s Paris. At a club he meets an old friend, Charles Forestier (Philip Glenister), with whom he spent three years during the war in Algeria. The friend is well off and invites him to his home where he meets Mrs. Madeleine Forestier (Uma Thurman) and her friends Clotilde de Marelle (Christina Ricci) and Virginie Rousset (Kristin Scott Thomas). Mrs. Rousset's husband is an editor of the conservative newspaper La Vie Française and she helps him to get a job there, initially by publishing his diaries from the war in the paper. Gradually his social and financial standing improves, with Duroy using his wit and powers of seduction to charm wealthy women.
Hagen Bogdanski directed the principal photography which began in early February 2010 in London and Budapest.Simon Fuller who helped fund the film also served as an executive producer.
The film stars Robert Pattinson as Georges Duroy (Pattinson describes Duroy as being "completely amoral"), Uma Thurman as Madeleine Forestier, Duroy's secret love interest, and later wife, Kristin Scott Thomas as Madame Rousset, whose lover Duroy becomes to further his interests,Christina Ricci as Clotilde de Marelle, who even though married genuinely loves Duroy, and Colm Meaney as Rousset.
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