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Dangerous Liaisons

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7.2/10 • 1.1K

1988-12-211h 59m

DramaRomance

Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The game as you've never seen it played before.

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.

Directors
Stephen Frears
Editors
Mick Audsley

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  1. Glenn Close

    Glenn Close

    Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil

  2. John Malkovich

    John Malkovich

    Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont

  3. Michelle Pfeiffer

    Michelle Pfeiffer

    Madame Marie de Tourvel

  4. Swoosie Kurtz

    Swoosie Kurtz

    Madame de Volanges

  5. Keanu Reeves

    Keanu Reeves

    Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny

  6. Mildred Natwick

    Mildred Natwick

    Madame de Rosemonde

  7. Uma Thurman

    Uma Thurman

    Cécile de Volanges

  8. Peter Capaldi

    Peter Capaldi

    Azolan

  9. Joe Sheridan

    Joe Sheridan

    Georges

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kevin2019

Feb 20, 2024

10/10

"Dangerous Liaisons" is unquestionably one of the most captivating films to come along in quite some time. It is a visually stunning film and it makes extremely good use of some exceptional locations and interiors and the excruciatingly uncomfortable looking and cumbersome costumes are exquisitely authentic. Of course there are many people out there who will automatically shy away upon learning this is a period film and for good reason. Such films can by their very nature often be obscure and lack any meaning in the modern age. They are slow moving with arcane and unengaging dialogue and the tiresome plot can have no substance or consequence and it can lack momentum. This film has none of these failings and it is an incredibly well paced work of excellence throughout whose ensemble of characters go on the most unanticipated journeys to essentially the same destination: ruination.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$14,000,000.00
Revenue
$34,670,720.00
Keywords
planlovesicknessbased on novel or bookcheatingcynicsexualityboredompraisearranged marriageloverladykillerfiancéseductionlove lettercourtly lifegender roles18th century