TY - ADVS AU - Bennette,Rachel AU - Donnellan,Declan AU - Maupassant,Guy de AU - Meaney,Colm AU - Ormerod,Nick AU - Pasolini,Uberto AU - Pattinson,Robert AU - Ricci,Christina AU - Scott-Thomas,Kristin AU - Thurman,Uma ED - Protagonist Pictures (Firm) ED - RAI Cinema (Firm) ED - Red Wave (Firm) ED - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) ED - Stage 6 Films. ED - XIX Film. TI - Bel ami PY - 2012/// CY - Culver City, Calif. PB - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment KW - Man-woman relationships KW - France KW - Paris KW - Drama KW - Paris (France) KW - History KW - 1870-1940 KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Fiction films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - From the novel by Guy de Maupassant; Special features: Behind the scenes featurette; Title from container; Director of photography, Stefano Falivene ; editors, Masahiro Hirakubo, Gavin Buckley ; music, Laksham Jose de Saram, Rachel Portman; Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, Colm Meaney; MPAA rating: R; for some strong sexuality, nudity and brief language; CHV rating: 14A N2 - This tale of temptation and obsession chronicles Georges Duroy's rise to power from his meager beginnings as a penniless ex-soldier by using the city's most influential and wealthy women. Set in turn-of-the-century Paris, Duroy seduces Madame de Marelle then marries Madeleine Forester a former comrade's wife. Fueled by his insatiable quest and lustful greed, Duroy conquers Madame Walter, only to learn that every conquest is married by betrayal and that true love eludes him ER -