Le Rouge et le Noir (1997)
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Kim Rossi Stuart, Carole Bouquet, Judith Godrèche, Claude Rich
A gifted young man leaves his father’s sawmill to tutor in the mayor’s household, where he soon seduces the mayor’s wife.
The story
Eighteen-year-old Julien Sorel’s talent for Latin and studies in theology take him from his father’s sawmill to a tutoring position in the household of Monsieur de Rênal, the mayor of Verrières. Julien soon seduces the mayor’s wife, setting the story’s initial conflict in motion.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Julien Sorel is a handsome eighteen-year-old. Thanks to his talent for Latin and his studies in theology, he will leave his father’s sawmill and become a tutor in the household of the mayor of Verrières, Monsieur de Rênal, where he will soon seduce the mayor’s wife. Sent away from Verrières, he will enter the seminary, but quickly tire of seminary life. He will then end up in Paris, where, once again, he will seduce the beautiful Mathilde de La Môle, a wealthy young woman from high society. Ambitious, Julien will make his way there through lies and deceit.
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