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

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)

Trailer

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