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During the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont ends up falling in love with her. Earlier, Merteuil learns her secret lover (Gercourt) has discarded her and is about to marry her cousin's daughter- the virginal 15 year old Cécile.
With Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk. France before 1789: When a widow hears that her lover is to marry her cousin's daughter, she asks the playboy Valmont to take the girl's virginity. But first she bets him, with her body as prize, to seduce a virtuous, young, married woman.
The plot thickens when the shameless seducer turns his sights on still another woman — a virtuous young wife who is unable to resist him — and the final irony of the plot is that true love appears when it is sure to cause the greatest unhappiness.
The cynical story follows the fortunes of two scheming lovers, a pair of jaded aristocrats who manipulate and toy with each other on a grand scale, drawing others into their elaborate and ...
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- Milos Forman
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- Colin Firth
Synopsis. 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.
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- United Kingdom
- Miroslav Ondricek
- Milos Forman
Nov 17, 1989 · With “Valmont” (at the Coronet and Showcase), Milos Forman takes us back between the sheets of Choderlos de Laclos’ great 18th-Century novel “Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” back to all those ...
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Sep 10, 2012 · The basic story is the same: the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont spin an intricate web of deception, using sex as a weapon and destroying lives for fun.
