On the night of October 25th, 1929, the French writer Stendhal set
about to write his classic novel Le Rouge et Le Noir, which had
been inspired by the trial of a young seminarian, Antoine Berthet,
who was charged with killing his mistress, a married woman from a
provincial town. In Hilsman's dramatic comedy, we learn the story
of the seminarian, a poor farm boy with a secret enthusiasm for
Napoleon. Berthet is sent to tutor the child of a provincial mayor
and, before long, begins an affair with the mayor's wife. When her
husband discovers her affair, she ends their relationship and
confesses her sin to the local priest. Enraged, Antoine follows her
to a village church where he shoots her. She survives, but Antoine
is put on trial. Frustrated by his failing literary career,
Stendhal confides in his dearest friend, Mme. Jules Gaulthier,
vowing to leave Paris to attend the trial of the young seminarian,
she is aghast. Stendhal arrives at the prison and tries to persuade
him to recant and save, but he refuses and is sent to the
guillotine. Stendhal vows to tell his story, in what will become
the classic novel, Le Rouge et Le Noir. Stendhal's life becomes
entwined with the fate of the young seminarian. Frustrated by his
failing literary career, Stendhal confides in his dearest friend,
Mme. Jules Gaulthier, vowing to leave Paris to attend the trial of
a young seminarian accused of shooting his married lover in a
church, she is aghast. Stendhal arrives at the prison and tries to
persuade him to recant and save, but he refuses and is sent to the
guillotine. Stendhal vows to tell his story, in what will become
the classic novel, Le Rouge et Le Noir.
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