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Charlize Theron sparkles in strapless black dress at premiere of hard-hitting new movie Dark Places

Published: 15:29 EST, 31 March 2015 | Updated: 15:38 EST, 31 March 2015

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It was no doubt one of the toughest roles of her career but Charlize Theron put on a professional display at the Paris premiere of her new movie Dark Places.

The 39-year-old actress dressed to impress in a glittering dress as she arrived at the Cinema Gaumont Opera Capucines in the French capital to promote the movie.

Dark Places is adapted from the brutal, hard-hitting thriller by author Gillian Flynn, which tells the story of a young girl who witnesses the murder of some of her family members.

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Glittering: Charlize Theron wowed in a sparkly dress as she arrived at the Cinema Gaumont Opera Capucines in Paris to promote her movie Dark Shadows on Tuesday

Charlize plays Libby Day, the sole survivor of a massacre in the fictional rural town Kinnakee, in Kansas.

Having witnessed the murder of her sisters and mother in what appears to be a Satantic cult ritual, she manages to escape through a window and later testifies in court against her teenage brother, Ben.

Chic: The beaded gown featured a sheer panel on the back as Charlize posed on the red carpet

After 25 years however, Libby then meets a group of amateur investigators who claim that her brother is innocent.

The movie was directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and produced by Charlize through her Denver and Delilah production company.

Mad Men star Christina Hendricks, 39, and Chloe Moretz also star in the film.

Tough subject matter: Charlize plays Libby Day, the sole survivor of a massacre in the fictional rural town Kinnakee, in Kansas

Charlize was joined at the Paris premiere by author Gillian Flynn, director Gilles Paquet-Brenner and co-star Nicholas Hoult.

Christina plays an older version of the Krissi Cates character, who decades earlier accused Ben of being a child molester, as well as other things.

And Chloe, 18, stars as sleazy Diondra Wertzner, Ben’s girlfriend and a leading suspect in Libby’s quest to find out who really murdered her family.

Author Gillian Flynn's other best-selling novel Gone Girl received the big screen treatment by director David Fincher last year and went on to be nominated for numerous awards.

Dark Places trailer starring Charlize Theron & Nicholas Hoult

Dapper: Nicholas was dapper in a navy suit with crisp white shirt as he took his turn on the carpet

Charlize was joined at the Paris premiere by Flynn, Paquet-Brenner and co-star Nicholas Hoult.

Meanwhile, the chilling story has some similarities to Charlize's real-life experience as a teenager.

At just 15-years of age, Charlize witnessed the killing of her father, by her own mother in an act of self-defense.

Charlize's mother Gerda Maritz, shot her alcoholic and abusive husband and after years of hiding the truth, Charlize spoke out about it in 2009.

She said: 'Everything changed for me that day my father died. Years ago I used to cover it all up and say he died in a car accident.'

'I have now come to terms with it and have been able to move on. This was so long ago in my life and my life, my emotions and the pain are not stuck in this one event,' she said.

Traumatic: Having witnessed the murder of her sisters and mother in what appears to be a Satantic cult ritual, Charlize's character Libby manages to escape through a window and later testifies in court against her teenage brother, Ben