Guy de Maupassant's classic tale of passion in late-18th century Paris gets adapted for the big screen in this scintillating erotic drama starring TWILIGHT's Robert Pattinson as a destitute young soldier, Georges Duroy, who plots to gain power by seducing the lonely wives of the city's most influential men. He starts as a journalist after an old friend helps him out and gradually climbs his way up to chief editor with the help of a former comrade's wife. Christina Ricci, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Colm Meaney co-star.