Director Jessica Palud on Her HBO Max Series 'The Seduction'

After “Being Maria,” a film about the trailblazing artist Maria Schneider on the shoot of Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Last Tango in Paris,” French director Jessica Palud reunited with “Mickey 17” star Anamaria Vartolomei on “ The Seduction ,” where the actor plays another strong-willed woman, the Marquise de Merteuil.

Also starring Diane Kruger (“Inglourious Basterds”), Vincent Lacoste (“A Private Life”) and Lucas Bravo (the hot chef of “Emily in Paris”), the anticipated HBO Original series is freely adapted from adapted from Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s cult novel “Les Liaisons Dangereuses.” “The Seduction” is being teased at La Rochelle Festival in France ahead of its launch on the streamer starting Nov. 14. As with its other shows like “White Lotus” and “And Just Like That,” HBO Max