Valmont

Based On the book by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

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.

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Release date:

1989

Director:

Miloš Forman

Cast:

Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk, Siân Phillips

Genre:

Romance, Drama

Country:

France, United States, United Kingdom

Language:

English

Year page:

1989 in adaptations