Georges Duroy is a penniless soldier returning from war. He travels to Paris in a search for ways to improve his social and financial status. He uses his wit and powers of seduction to charm wealthy women.
1890s, 19th century, coitus, tuberculosis, cough, poverty, prostitute, marriage, infidelity, unfaithfulness, adultery, extramarital affair, husband wife relationship, based on novel, copulation, sex in bed, cleavage, bare butt, sex scene, sex from behind
The supposedly cunning protagonist registers as a cipher, and the directors' tendency to shoot dialogue scenes in close-up blunts any understanding of the social milieu he's trying to conquer.
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