Valmont (1989)
- Directed by
- Miloš Forman
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- United Kingdom, France, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 301 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A scheming widow bets her ex-lover that he cannot seduce a virtuous married woman. The ex-lover takes the bet but ends up falling in love with her. Meanwhile, the widow also wants revenge on a man who discarded her.
romanticschemingseductivebittersweetperiodmanipulativewrytragicomic
What happens
Valmont is a 1989 romantic drama film directed by Miloš Forman and starring Colin Firth, Annette Bening, and Meg Tilly. Based on the 1782 French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos, and adapted for the screen by Jean-Claude Carrière, the film is about a scheming widow (Merteuil) who bets her ex-lover (Valmont) that he cannot corrupt a recently married honorable woman (Tourvel). 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. As revenge, the jilted Merteuil employs Valmont (during his pursuit of Tourvel) to seduce Cécile before her marriage to Gercourt. Valmont received an Oscar nomination for Best Costume Design (Theodor Pištěk). It was Fabia Drake's final film role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Noce Blanche (1989)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.