Valmont (1989)
Country: FR/GB
Technical: col/2.39:1 137m
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly
Synopsis:
In pre-Revolutionary France, an unmarried widow amuses herself by breaking up the prospective match of her lover with one of her relatives, using her soulmate, a notorious libertine, as saboteur. In addition, she tests him by challenging him to seduce the most virtuous woman in the kingdom, offering her body as prize should he succeed.
Review:
For some curious reason this was the second adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos's epistolary novel within a year. It is hardly less satisfying than the Christopher Hampton version, though it has none of the anachronistic fun and games expected from the director of Amadeus.
Country: FR/GB
Technical: col/2.39:1 137m
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly
Synopsis:
In pre-Revolutionary France, an unmarried widow amuses herself by breaking up the prospective match of her lover with one of her relatives, using her soulmate, a notorious libertine, as saboteur. In addition, she tests him by challenging him to seduce the most virtuous woman in the kingdom, offering her body as prize should he succeed.
Review:
For some curious reason this was the second adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos's epistolary novel within a year. It is hardly less satisfying than the Christopher Hampton version, though it has none of the anachronistic fun and games expected from the director of Amadeus.
Country: FR/GB
Technical: col/2.39:1 137m
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly
Synopsis:
In pre-Revolutionary France, an unmarried widow amuses herself by breaking up the prospective match of her lover with one of her relatives, using her soulmate, a notorious libertine, as saboteur. In addition, she tests him by challenging him to seduce the most virtuous woman in the kingdom, offering her body as prize should he succeed.
Review:
For some curious reason this was the second adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos's epistolary novel within a year. It is hardly less satisfying than the Christopher Hampton version, though it has none of the anachronistic fun and games expected from the director of Amadeus.