Dangerous Liaisons

Dec 21, 1988

1h 59m

★ 7.2

Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The game as you've never seen it played before.

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Lorimar Film Entertainment

NFH Films

Warner Bros. Pictures

Dangerous Liaisons Trailers

Cast

Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil

Glenn Close

Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont

John Malkovich

Madame Marie de Tourvel

Michelle Pfeiffer

Cécile de Volanges

Uma Thurman

Madame de Volanges

Swoosie Kurtz

Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny

Keanu Reeves

Madame de Rosemonde

Mildred Natwick

Azolan

Peter Capaldi

Georges

Joe Sheridan

Julie

Valerie Gogan

Emilie

Laura Benson

Adèle

Joanna Pavlis

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