'Bel Ami' Confirmed at Berlin Film Festival 2012

Official Press Release From Berlinale.de

Further films in the Competition programme:

Bel Ami

Great Britain

By Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod (feature debut)

With Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci

World premiere / out of competition

From THR:

Bel Ami, the period drama starring Twilight heart throb Robert Pattinson with Uma Thurman will have its world premiere out of competition at the Berlin international film festival.

The drama, the feature debut of Brit directors Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod, is based on a novel by French writer Guy de Maupassant and is the story of a young man’s rise to power in Paris. Christina Ricci, Kristin Scott Thomas and Colm Meaney also star.

The full Berlin line-up will be announced in the coming weeks. The 62nd Berlinale runs Feb.9-19.

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