Directed by Declan Don­nel­lan and Nick Ormerod, the film is an erot­i­cally charged story of ambi­tion, power and seduc­tion. Georges Duroy (Robert Pat­tin­son), 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. Hit the jump for more:

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Uma Thur­man (Kill Bill) is Madeleine, Kristin Scott Thomas (Nowhere Boy) is Vir­ginie, Christina Ricci (Mon­ster) is Clotilde, Colm Meaney (The Damned United) is Rous­set, Philip Glenis­ter (Life on Mars) is Charles and Hol­l­i­day Grainger (Scout­ing Book for Boys) is Suzanne.

The screen­play is by Rachel Ben­nette from the novel by Guy de Mau­pas­sant. Uberto Pasolini (The Full Monty) is the Pro­ducer and Simon Fuller is Exec­u­tive Pro­ducer. The Direc­tor of Pho­tog­ra­phy is Ste­fano Falivene (Carmel); Attila F. Kovacs (Sun­shine) is Pro­duc­tion Designer; Cos­tumes are designed by Odile Dicks-Mireaux (An Edu­ca­tion); Hair and Make-up is by Jenny Shir­core (The Young Vic­to­ria) and the Edi­tor is Masahiro Hirakubo (The Duchess).