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1988 • 1h 59min • R • Drama, Romance

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"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.

IMDb 7.5

RT 94%

MC 74

Director

Stephen Frears

Writer

Christopher Hampton

Composer

George Fenton

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Glenn Close

Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil

John Malkovich

Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont

Michelle Pfeiffer

Madame Marie de Tourvel

Uma Thurman

Cécile de Volanges

Swoosie Kurtz

Madame de Volanges

Keanu Reeves

Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny

Mildred Natwick

Madame de Rosemonde

Peter Capaldi

Azolan

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