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Dangerous Liaisons
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.
1988 · Directed by Stephen Frears · 119 min · Drama · Romance · 26 frames
Tagline
Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The game as you've never seen it played before.
Crew
- Screenplay: Christopher Hampton
- Cinematography: Philippe Rousselot
- Edited by: Mick Audsley
- Music: George Fenton
- Produced by: Hank Moonjean, Norma Heyman
Cast
- Glenn Close as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
- John Malkovich as Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Madame Marie de Tourvel
- Uma Thurman as Cécile de Volanges
- Swoosie Kurtz as Madame de Volanges
- Keanu Reeves as Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny
- Mildred Natwick as Madame de Rosemonde
- Peter Capaldi as Azolan
- Joe Sheridan as Georges
- Valerie Gogan as Julie
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Lorimar Film Entertainment, NFH Films, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $14,000,000
- Box office: $34,670,720
- Themes: plan, lovesickness, paris, france, based on novel or book, cheating, cynic, sexuality, boredom, praise, lover
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