This erotically charged story of ambition, power and seduction stars Robert Pattinson as George Duroy, a journalist in 1890s Paris determined to escape his impoverished existence. To this end, he mercilessly manipulates a series of wealthy, powerful women (including Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci and Kristin Scott Thomas) to help him climb the social ladder in the most corrupt way possible. A glamorous, sarcastic comedy of manners set in a world not that far from our own: a place where politics and media jostle for influence, sex is power, and celebrity is an obsession.