It's actually a modern American version of Stendhal's classic novel Le Rouge et le Noir.
"Michael Lawson" reminds me "Julien" in so many ways - his ambitions, he slept with older women to get into DC high society etc.
I don't know why the director didn't make it clear (it's adaptation of THE RED AND THE BLACK) , well, that would make this movie more sense.
Anyway, it's not a masterpiece, neither as bad as some reviews said.
"Michael Lawson" reminds me "Julien" in so many ways - his ambitions, he slept with older women to get into DC high society etc.
I don't know why the director didn't make it clear (it's adaptation of THE RED AND THE BLACK) , well, that would make this movie more sense.
Anyway, it's not a masterpiece, neither as bad as some reviews said.