Bel-Ami

Synopsis

Young, attractive and very ambitious, george duroy, known to his friends as bel-ami, is offered a job as a journalist on la vie francaise and soon makes a great success of his new career. But he also comes face to face with the realities of the corrupt society in which he lives - the sleazy colleagues, the manipulative mistresses and wily financiers - and swiftly learns to become an arch-seducer, blackmailer and social climber in a world where love is only a means to an end.