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A Balasaur Score of 62 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 50%, Metacritic 55/100. Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. However, in the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont falls in love.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Metacritic55/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
309 audience votes
Key crew
- Miloš FormanDirector
- Christopher PalmerOriginal Music Composer
- Jean-Claude CarrièreScreenplay
Cast
- Colin FirthValmont
- Annette BeningMerteuil
- Meg TillyMadame de Tourvel
- Fairuza BalkCécile
- Siân PhillipsMadame de Volanges
- Jeffrey JonesGercourt
- Henry ThomasDanceny
- Fabia DrakeMadame de Rosemonde
- T. P. McKennaBaron
- Isla BlairBaroness
- Ian McNeiceAzolan
- Aleta MitchellVictoire
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Themes
paris, francebased on novel or bookarranged marriageseductionlove letterloss of virginitywager18th centurysword duelbaroqueseducercynical woman
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