A Mexican noir about sleeping your way to the top—literally. Belle Époque Paris never looked this scandalous.
Acting
Armando Calvo's smarmy charisma is disgustingly perfect
Cinematography
Stunning black-and-white shadows of desire and deceit
Costume
Belle Époque finery that screams wealth and rot
Director
Antonio Momplet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
A rare Mexican adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's Bel-Ami, transposing French decadence to Latin American cinema's Golden Age.
Director Antonio Momplet fled Spain's Civil War and brought European literary sensibilities to Mexico's booming 1940s film industry.
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