Bel Ami
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Uma Thurman, Robert Pattinson
Bel Ami by Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod
GBR/FRA/ITA 2012, Competition
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Uma Thurman
Bel Ami by Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod
GBR/FRA/ITA 2012, Competition
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Robert Pattinson
Bel Ami by Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod
GBR/FRA/ITA 2012, Competition
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Christina Ricci
Bel Ami by Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod
GBR/FRA/ITA 2012, Competition
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Robert Pattinson
Bel Ami by Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod
GBR/FRA/ITA 2012, Competition
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Kristin Scott Thomas, Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci
Bel Ami by Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod
GBR/FRA/ITA 2012, Competition
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Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod
Bel Ami by Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod
GBR/FRA/ITA 2012, Competition
© Studiocanal GmbH
After several successful adaptations – including Willi Forst’s 1938 version and Louis Daquin’s 1955 interpretation – Bel-Ami Guy de Maupassant’s socially critical novel of 1885 returns to the screen once more. Carefully following the original literary work, Director Declan Donnellan portrays a careerist upstart who ruthlessly exploits the entanglement of politics, economics, media and his private life to his own ends. A glamorous and sarcastic comedy of manners about hypocrisy as one of the fundamental laws in a bourgeois era.
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Robert Pattinson
A great crowd: the arrival of the British actor.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Onlookers
Everybody tried to sneak a peek of Robert Pattinson.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Christina Ricci
The actress at the Photo Call.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Holliday Grainger
The actress during the Press Conference.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod
A good team – the two directors of the British film.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Christina Ricci, Robert Pattinson
The two actors having fun on the podium.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Holliday Grainger
The actress at the Photo Call.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Robert Pattinson
The actor with his fans at the Red Carpet.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Christina Ricci
The actress on the Red Carpet.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Fans
For them the winner of the Golden Bear is already certain.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Fans
Waiting for the stars.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Robert Pattinson
The actor made a lot of time for his fans.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Holliday Grainger, Robert Pattinson, Christina Ricci
At the arrival in the Berlinale Palast.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Fans
No bites, no marriage, just photos.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Nick Ormerod, Robert Pattinson, Holliday Grainger, Declan Donnellan, Christina Ricci
The crew on the Red Carpet.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Christina Ricci
The actress in the Berlinale VIP Club.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Dieter Kosslick, Robert Pattinson
The festival director and the actor in the Berlinale VIP Club.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Christina Ricci, Robert Pattinson
The two actors in the Berlinale VIP Club.
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Holliday Grainger
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Christina Ricci
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Robert Pattinson
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod
Bel Ami · Competition · Feb 17, 2012
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Nick Ormerod (Director), Declan Donnellan (Director), Christina Ricci (Actress), Robert Pattinson (Actor), Holliday Grainger (Actress), Uberto Pasolini (Producer)
Bel Ami
Competition · Press Conference · Feb 17, 2012
Nick Ormerod (Director), Declan Donnellan (Director), Christina Ricci (Actress), Robert Pattinson (Actor), Holliday Grainger (Actress), Uberto Pasolini (Producer)
Bel Ami
Competition · Red Carpet · Feb 17, 2012