| | Directed by Stephen Frears (THE GRIFTERS) A first-rate study in decadent emotional perversion, and you can't ask for a more handsome production or a better cast! Based on the infamous novel LES LIASONS DANGEREUSES by Choderlos de Laclos and the subsequent Christopher Hampton play, set in pre-revolutionary France, two former lovers–a cunning Marquise (Glenn Close) and a seductive Vicomte (John Malkovich)–mastermind a cruel and complicated game of romantic manipulation and sexual gamesmanship involving a virginal young bride (Uma Thurman) and a faithful wife (Michele Pfieffer). When the Vicomte successfully seduces the virtous and faithful wife they unexpectantly fall in love, breaking the rules of the inhuman Marquise's clever parlor game with grim results. |
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