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Valmont

Starring: Colin Firth; Annette Bening & Meg Tilly Director: Milos Forman  Rated:

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
• Dolby Digital 2.0 - French

Additional Release Material:

• Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

Product Description:

VALMONT is director Milos Forman's witty and playful adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos's famous novel LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, about the sexual machinations of two jaded 18th-century French aristocrats. In order to get revenge on the man who jilted her, the wicked Marquise de Merteuil (Annette Bening) persuades a former lover, the rakish Vicomte de Valmont (Colin Firth), to deflower the man's virginal young fiancée. Valmont agrees but presents the marquise with his own challenge: If he succeeds in seducing Madame de Tourvel (Meg Tilly), a virtuous young wife known for her unshakable fidelity, the marquise must grant Valmont a night in bed. The cold-blooded twosome proceeds gleefully with their heartless scheme until true love unexpectedly alters the course of events. Look for a great bathtub scene. The film was co-written artfully for the screen by Milos Forman and Jean-Claude Carriere and set like a gem in the visually emphatic Baroque period.

Plot Keywords:

Drama | Erotic | Love Triangle | Period Piece | Racy | Recommended | Scams And Cons | Theatrical Release

Production Notes:

• There have been numerous adaptations of this story, including Stephen Frears's DANGEROUS LIAISONS and CRUEL INTENTIONS, a modern-day updating of the story.

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