Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The game as you've never seen it played before.
In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.
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Character
Classical in form, grave, meticulous and prestige.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Glenn CloseMarquise Isabelle de Merteuil
- John MalkovichVicomte Sébastien de Valmont
- Michelle PfeifferMadame Marie de Tourvel
- Uma ThurmanCécile de Volanges
- Swoosie KurtzMadame de Volanges
- Keanu ReevesLe Chevalier Raphael Danceny
- Mildred NatwickMadame de Rosemonde
- Peter CapaldiAzolan
- Joe SheridanGeorges
- Valerie GoganJulie
Crew
- Stephen FrearsDirector
- Christopher HamptonScreenplay
- Choderlos de LaclosNovel
- Philippe RousselotDirector of Photography
- George FentonOriginal Music Composer
- Mick AudsleyEditor
- Norma HeymanProducer
- Hank MoonjeanProducer
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