Dangerous Liaisons
Stephen Frears
Abandoned by the Comte de Bastide, the Marquise de Merteuil is seeking revenge. She calls on her friend and former lover the Vicomte de Valmont to deflower Bastide's young future wife Cécile de Volanges. But Valmont has already got a bigger challenge: seducing the virtuous and prudish Mme de Tourvel...
With : Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Keanu Reeves, Mildred Natwick, Uma Thurman
Screenplay : Christopher Hampton, d'après le roman éponyme de Choderlos de Laclos
Image : Philippe Rousselot
Sound : Peter Handford
Music : George Fenton
Editing : Mick Audsley
Decors : Gérard James
Screenplay : Christopher Hampton, d'après le roman éponyme de Choderlos de Laclos
Image : Philippe Rousselot
Sound : Peter Handford
Music : George Fenton
Editing : Mick Audsley
Decors : Gérard James
Production : Lorimar Film Entertainment
Distribution: Warner Bros
Distribution: Warner Bros
Of the four film adaptations so far, Stephen Frear's remains the most faithful to Laclos' original work. The film takes into account all the perversion of the novel by including the epistolary dimension and the autobiographical narrative of the character of Merteuil. "I didn't want to make a political film in the strict sense of the term, but rather a film on the politics of human relations. With such a text what counts are words and faces" (Stephen Frears). In this respect, the film has an outstanding cast, made up entirely by himself. "Nobody put me under the slightest pressure. The Americans behaved like perfect... gentlemen!", said Frears.