Valmont is a 1989 drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1782) by Choderlos de Laclos. It was adapted for the screen with a screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière. The film stars Colin Firth, Annette Bening and Meg Tilly.
Valmont received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design (Theodor Pištěk).
Merteuil (Annette Bening) is a beautiful, wealthy widow in society who was recently dismissed b...
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Valmont is a 1989 drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1782) by Choderlos de Laclos. It was adapted for the screen with a screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière. The film stars Colin Firth, Annette Bening and Meg Tilly.
Valmont received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design (Theodor Pištěk).
Merteuil (Annette Bening) is a beautiful, wealthy widow in society who was recently dismissed by her secret lover Gercourt (Jeffrey Jones) after he announces that he is newly betrothed. Merteuil learns from her cousin Madame de Volanges (Siân Phillips) that Gercourt's new fiancé is no other than Volanges' 15 year old daughter Cecile (Fairuza Balk). Volanges confides in Merteuil that Gercourt specifically chose Cecile as she was raised in a convent in order to keep Cecile chaste before marriage. Volanges also admits there were worries over the betrothal as people were discussing Gercourt's former mistress's questionable sanity.
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