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Valmont
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.
1989 · Directed by Miloš Forman · 137 min · Drama · Romance · 11 frames
Tagline
As unpredictable as love itself.
Crew
- Screenplay: Jean-Claude Carrière
- Cinematography: Miroslav Ondříček
- Edited by: Alan Heim, Nena Danevic
- Music: Christopher Palmer
- Production design: Pierre Guffroy
- Produced by: Michael Hausman, Paul Rassam
Cast
- Colin Firth as Valmont
- Annette Bening as Merteuil
- Meg Tilly as Madame de Tourvel
- Fairuza Balk as Cécile
- Siân Phillips as Madame de Volanges
- Jeffrey Jones as Gercourt
- Henry Thomas as Danceny
- Fabia Drake as Madame de Rosemonde
- T. P. McKenna as Baron
- Isla Blair as Baroness
Production
- Country: France, United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: Timothy Burrill Productions, Renn Productions
- Budget: $33,000,000
- Box office: $1,132,112
- Themes: paris, france, based on novel or book, arranged marriage, seduction, love letter, loss of virginity, wager, 18th century, sword duel, baroque
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