Dangerous Liaisons
Set in France around 1760-1770. The Marquise de Merteuil needs a favour from her ex-lover, Vicomte de Valmont. One Marquise de Merteuil’s ex-lover, Gercourt, is planning on marrying a young, virtuos, woman called Cecile de Volanges
. The Marquise would like Valmont to seduce Cecile before her wedding day. Meanwhile Valmont has a conquest of his own in mind, Madame de Tourvel, a beautiful, married, and God fearing woman. The Marquise doesn’t think that Valmont can do it, she tells him that if he can provide written proof of a sexual encounter with Madame de Tourvel, that she will offer him a reward, one last night with her. But Valmont will find himself falling in love with Mrs. de Tourvel, embrasing the deadly jealousy of the marquise de Merteuil.
Title: Dangerous Liaisons
Release Date: 1988
Genres: Drama, Romance
- Directors: Frears, Stephen
- Actors:
- Close, Glenn as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
- Malkovich, John as Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
- Pfeiffer, Michelle as Madame Marie de Tourvel
- Kurtz, Swoosie as Madame de Volanges
- Reeves, Keanu as Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny
- Natwick, Mildred as Madame de Rosemonde
- Thurman, Uma as Cécile de Volanges
- Capaldi, Peter as Azolan
- Sheridan, Joe as Georges
- Gogan, Valerie as Julie
- Benson, Laura as Emilie
- Pavlis, Joanna as Adèle
- Hawtrey, Nicholas as Major-domo
- Do Nascimento, Paulo Abel as Castrato
- Lalande, François as Curé