Dangerous Liaisons
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Dangerous Liaisons

1988Movie1 h 59 minR9 awards

DramaRomance
79
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.5Letterboxd3.8/5Metacritic747.8Rotten Tomatoes91%83%
79
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.5Letterboxd3.8/5Metacritic747.8Rotten Tomatoes91%83%

Summary

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.

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  • Thought-provoking

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  • Draws you into power games.
  • Pulls you in.
  • Makes you fall for them.
  • Holds up a mirror.
  • Rewards close watching.

Not for laughs, warmth or comfort.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Tropes

Taking the VeilRare · in 58 titlesCecile starts the story freshly emerged from the convent where her parents placed her to shelter her from the world, and ends it broken by tragedy and retiring to become a nun.Sleeping Their Way to the Topin 66 titlesValmont reminiscences about the time he had an affair with a well-connected noblewoman in exchange for her pulling strings to advance his career.All 62 tropes

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