“The Tudors” star Jonathan Rhy-Meyers will star opposite Russian supermodel Natalia Vodianova in the French love story, “Belle Du Seigneur.”
According to Deadline, it’s the directorial debut of Glenio Bonder and it was written by James Dearden (“Fatal Attraction”) and Vincenzo Cerami (“Life Is Beautiful”) and was based on the bestselling 1968 French novel by Albert Cohen. Here’s a synopsis which will basically tell you all you need to know about the upcoming picture that shoots this October in various Euro locales:
First published in Paris in 1968, Belle du Seigneur is considered the masterpiece of Albert Cohen, a Jew who served the Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, who became Israel’s first Prime Minister, and worked for the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees after World War II. This tortuous love story revolves around an adulterous affair between Sola, the ostentatious son of the Chief Rabbi of Cephalonia and Ariane d’Auble, a beautiful, blonde, Protestant aristocrat. Threatened by impending war and the growing anti-Semitism of Europe in the mid-1930s, the two struggle to keep passion alive. While Ariane molds herself into the perfection of femininity, Sola takes on a bitter cruelty that translates into revenge against the ostracism of himself and his people.
Vodianova had a role in “Clash of The Titans” and musical icon Marianne Faithful will also co-star. Bonder is evidently known for directing commercials for clients like Calvin Klein and British Airways.
