Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Adapted for stage and screen several times over the past century, French author Francois Choderlos de Laclos' 1782 novel Les Liasons Dangeureuses was the basis for this Academy Award-winning Stephen Frears film. The plot is motivated by a cruel wager between the beautiful but debauched Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close) and her misogynistic former lover, the Vicomte de Valmont (John Malkovitch). The Marquise challenges Valmont to seduce the virginal Cecile de Volanges (Uma Thurman) before the girl can be wed. Valmont offers a more difficult counter-challenge: He bets the Marquise that he will be able to bed the v...
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ery moral and very married Madame de Tourvel (Michelle Pfeiffer). In the course of carrying out his plan, Valmont is stricken with a sudden case of honor and remorse, while the Marquise becomes all the more vicious.
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Frankrijk 1788. De verveelde markiezin De Merteuil vraagt haar ex-geliefde Vicomte de Valmont om een gunst. Haar ex-echtgenoot gaat trouwen met de jonge aantrekkelijke Cecile de Volanges. De markiezin wil graag dat Valmont Cecile verleidt vlak voor haar trouwdag. Maar Valmont heeft een andere uitdaging in gedachte, namelijk Madame de Tourvel, een mooie, maar getrouwde vrouw. De markiezin daagt Valmont uit, ze gelooft niet dat hij in staat is haar te verleiden. Lukt het wel, dan is de beloning een laatste nacht met haar.

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Based on the infamous novel LES LIASONS DANGEREUSES by Choderlos de Laclos and the subsequent Christopher Hampton play, set in pre-revolutionary France, a cunning Marquise (Glenn Close) and a seductive Vicomte (John Malkovich) mastermind a cruel and complicated game of romantic manipulation. Set against the backdrop of high-society baroque boudoirs, filled with deceitful lovers and cunning sexual gamesmanship, the Marquise and the Vicomte agree to a competition involving a virginal young bride (Uma Thurman) and a faithful wife (Michele Pfieffer). When the Vicomte successfully seduces the virtous and faithful wife...
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they unexpectantly fall in love, breaking the rules of the inhuman Marquise's clever parlor game with vengeful results.
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