The Red and the Black

The Red and the Black

1997 · 200 min · FR · 5.7 (19 votes)
Dir. Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe · Starring Carole Bouquet, Kim Rossi Stuart, Judith Godrèche, Claude Rich, Bernard Verley, Constanze Engelbrecht · Music Philippe Sarde
DramaTV Movie

In 1827, Berthet, the son of a craftsman and a young seminarian, was tried and sentenced to death for murdering his former mistress, the wife of a noble who had hired him as tutor to his children.

adulteryjealousyfranceparis, francebased on novel or bookattempted murderdeath sentencebourgeoisieambitionbesançon, francetragic loveduelclass differencestutoraristocratmarquis19th centuryseminarian