French actor Mathieu Amalric ("The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "Quantum of Solace") is set to direct a film
adaptation of author Stendhal's classic 1830 novel "The Red and the Black" says Variety.
The story follows an ambitious young teacher whose passionate affair with a
wealthy married woman leads to his downfall.
Claude
Autant-Lara previously adapted the book in 1954.
Amalric is writing the script for the as-yet-untitled pic
Yael Fogiel and Laetitia Gonzalez will produce.
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