Tag Archives: Belle Epoque

DVD review | Bel Ami – Robert Pattinson’s social-climbing seducer rises in Belle Epoque Paris

Posted on 23 July 2012 by Jason Best

Bel Ami, Guy de Maupassant‘s tale of the caddish young man who seduces his way up the social ladder in late-19th-century Paris, was previously filmed by Hollywood in a watered-down version as The Private Affairs of Bel Ami in 1947 … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Chéri – Michelle Pfeiffer finds herself in another dangerous liaison

Posted on 8 May 2009 by Jason Best

Twenty-one years on, three of the key players behind the Oscar-winning Dangerous Liaisons have reunited for another lavish costume drama. And, incroyable mais vrai, it’s another tale of sexual intrigue in which two elegantly louche French sophisticates find that their … Continue reading →

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