Dangerous Liaisons
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Dangerous Liaisons

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

7.2 / 10 1988 1h 59mR English
DramaRomance

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Glenn Close

Glenn Close

Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil

Lead
John Malkovich

John Malkovich

Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont

Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer

Madame Marie de Tourvel

Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman

Cécile de Volanges

Swoosie Kurtz

Swoosie Kurtz

Madame de Volanges

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves

Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny

Mildred Natwick

Mildred Natwick

Madame de Rosemonde

Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi

Azolan

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stephen Frears's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Dangerous Liaisons is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker