Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
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.
- Stephen Frears
- Bernard Seitz
- Vincent Lascoumes
- Penny Eyles
- Christopher Hampton
- Christopher Hampton
- Choderlos de Laclos
Rating: 7.195/10 by 1143 users
Alternative Title:
Dangerous Liaisons - BR
Relaciones peligrosas - AR
Le relazioni pericolose - IT
Las amistades peligrosas - ES
Country:
United Kingdom
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 59 minutes
Budget: $14,000,000
Revenue: $34,670,720
Plot Keyword: plan, lovesickness, based on novel or book, cheating, cynic, sexuality, boredom, praise, arranged marriage, lover, ladykiller, fiancé, seduction, love letter, courtly life, gender roles, 18th century
"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.
