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Adapted for stage and screen several times over the past century, French author Francois Choderlos de Laclos' 1782 novel Les Liasons Dangeureuses was the basis for this Academy Award-winning Stephen Frears film. The plot is motivated by a cruel wager between the beautiful but debauched Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close) and her misogynistic former lover, the Vicomte de Valmont (John Malkovitch). The Marquise challenges Valmont to seduce the virginal Cecile de Volanges (Uma Thurman) before the girl can be wed. Valmont offers a more difficult counter-challenge: He bets the Marquise that he will be able to bed the very moral and very married Madame de Tourvel (Michelle Pfeiffer). In the course of carrying out his plan, Valmont is stricken with a sudden case of honor and remorse, while the Marquise becomes all the more vicious.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Production
Lorimar Film Entertainment; NFH Productions; Warner Bros. Pictures;

Cast Names
Shannon Finnegan; Patricia Kessler; Glenn Close; John Malkovich; Michelle Pfeiffer; Swoosie Kurtz; Keanu Reeves; Mildred Natwick; Uma Thurman; Peter Capaldi; Joe Sheridan; Valerie Gogan; Laura Benson; Joanna Pavlis; Nicholas Hawtrey; Paulo Abel Do Nascimento; François Lalande; François Montagut; Harry Jones; Christian Erickson; Catherine Cauwet;

Box Office
USD 34,700,000

Release Date
1988-12-16 (limited)
1988-12-21

Genres
Drama; Romance;

Running Time
1 hr. 59 min.

Director
Stephen Frears

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