As unpredictable as love itself.
Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. However, in the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont falls in love.
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Classical in form, grave, prestige and nostalgic.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- Colin FirthValmont
- Annette BeningMerteuil
- Meg TillyMadame de Tourvel
- Fairuza BalkCécile
- Siân PhillipsMadame de Volanges
- Jeffrey JonesGercourt
- Henry ThomasDanceny
- Fabia DrakeMadame de Rosemonde
- T. P. McKennaBaron
- Isla BlairBaroness
Crew
- Miloš FormanDirector
- Jean-Claude CarrièreScreenplay
- Choderlos de LaclosNovel
- Miroslav OndříčekDirector of Photography
- Christopher PalmerOriginal Music Composer
- Nena DanevicEditor
- Alan HeimEditor
- Michael HausmanProducer
- Paul RassamProducer
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