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.
Costume
Sumptuous 1890s fashion that costs more than your rent
Acting
Kristin Scott Thomas devastating as a woman destroyed by desire
Director
Nick Ormerod
Robert Pattinson
Georges Duroy
Uma Thurman
Madeleine Forestier
Christina Ricci
Clotilde de Marelle
Kristin Scott Thomas
Virginie Walters
Colm Meaney
Monsieur Rousset
Philip Glenister
Charles Forestier
Holliday Grainger
Suzanne Rousset
Natalia Tena
Rachel the Prostitute
Anthony Higgins
Comte de Vaudrec
James Lance
François Laroche
Thomas Arnold
Louis
Timothy Walker
Solicitor
Pip Torrens
Paul the Butler
Christopher Fulford
Police Commisioner
Amy Marston
Nanny
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Directors Nick Ormerod and Declan Donnellan are acclaimed theatre directors making their film debut; they previously staged the novel for the stage.
Based on Guy de Maupassant's 1885 novel, widely considered the most cynical portrayal of Third Republic Paris and a direct ancestor of House of Cards.
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