Previously filmed in Germany in 1939, Guy de Maupassant's "history of a scoundrel" Bel Ami was good for another go-round in this Mexican adaptation. Armando Calvo plays the eponymous "hero," a duplicitous journalist who advances himself in society by seducing and abandoning women of wealth, all the while denying himself true love. This essentially Gallic tale is given a Latin flavor by director Antonio Momplet. Calvo's quartet of leading ladies -- Gloria Marin, Patricia Moran, Emilia Guau and Andrea Palma -- are gorgeous, deserving far better treatment than afforded them by the ruthless Bel Ami. In an incredible "coincidence," Bel Ami was distributed in the U.S. just before the release of United Artists' The Private Affairs of Bel Ami. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Cast
Armando Calvo
Gloria Marin
Emilia Guiu
Andrea Palma
Credit
Antonio Momplet - Director, Guy de Maupassant - Short Story Author
