Movie
Dangerous Liaisons
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1988-12-21
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Lorimar Film Entertainment, NFH Films, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Glenn Close as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
- John Malkovich as Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Madame Marie de Tourvel
- Uma Thurman as Cécile de Volanges
- Swoosie Kurtz as Madame de Volanges
- Keanu Reeves as Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny
- Mildred Natwick as Madame de Rosemonde
- Peter Capaldi as Azolan
- Joe Sheridan as Georges
- Valerie Gogan as Julie
- Laura Benson as Emilie
- Joanna Pavlis as Adèle
Crew
- Stephen Frears - Director
- Christopher Hampton - Screenplay
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