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Glenn Close | ... | ||
John Malkovich | ... | ||
Michelle Pfeiffer | ... | ||
Swoosie Kurtz | ... | ||
Keanu Reeves | ... | ||
Mildred Natwick | ... | ||
Uma Thurman | ... | ||
Peter Capaldi | ... | ||
Joe Sheridan | ... |
Georges
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Valerie Gogan | ... |
Julie
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Laura Benson | ... | ||
Joanna Pavlis | ... |
Adèle
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Nicholas Hawtrey | ... |
Major-domo
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Paulo Abel Do Nascimento | ... |
Castrato
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François Lalande | ... |
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In 18th century France, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont play a dangerous game of seduction. Valmont is someone who measures success by the number of his conquests and Merteuil challenges him to seduce the soon to be married Cecile de Volanges and provide proof in writing of his success. His reward for doing so will be to spend the night with Merteuil. He has little difficulty seducing Cecile but what he really wants is to seduce Madame de Tourvel. When Merteuil learns that he has actually fallen in love with her, she refuses to let him claim his reward for seducing Cecile. Death soon follows. Written by garykmcd
Stephen Frears directs a top-notch movie adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' novel about several manipulative Rococo-era French aristocrats. Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil (Glenn Close) is a seductively evil character who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Vicomte Sebastien de Valmont (John Malkovich) knows how to trick the peasants into thinking that he's a good guy, despite his vampiric intentions. Madame Marie de Tourvel (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny (Keanu Reeves) may be only products of this vile society, but they are practically helpless to do anything about it. Maybe it's a little strange to see Keanu Reeves in a movie like this, but he makes the best of his role. All in all, "Dangerous Liaisons" is a movie that you can't afford to miss. Perfect.