Le Rouge et le Noir
(1997)
Director:
Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
Writer:
Stendhal, Danièle Thompson, Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
Cast:
Carole Bouquet, Kim Rossi Stuart, Judith Godrèche
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.