Valmont (1989) - 9/10

Valmont is a 1989 drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1782) by Choderlos de Laclos. It was adapted for the screen with a screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière. The film stars Colin Firth, Annette Bening and Meg Tilly.

Cast

Colin Firth as Valmont
Annette Bening as Merteuil
Meg Tilly as Madame de Tourvel
Fairuza Balk as Cecile de Volanges
Siân Phillips as Madame de Volanges
Jeffrey Jones as Gercourt
Henry Thomas as Danceny
Fabia Drake as Madame de Rosemonde
T.P. McKenna as Baron
Isla Blair as Baroness
Ian McNeice as Azolan
Aleta Mitchell as Victoire
Ronald Lacey as José
Vincent Schiavelli as Jean
Sandrine Dumas as Martine

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[victoriasnowy]

Great movie ... Thanks for upload these awesome movies !!!

[xAncientHistoryTVx]

@victoriasnowy :) You're very welcome:)

[mrssyringa]

Thank you so much for posting. I really enjoyed this movie and will no doubt watch it again.

The young Colin Firth was very handsome in 1989, but I think he does improve with age.

[xAncientHistoryTVx]

@mrssyringa You're welcome:) Thanks so much.

I agree:)

[teeger66]

Watched this entire movie on here...thank you for posting! Was great to see Colin Firth at that young age...I loved the movie...he was great in it.

[GeorginaKaulitz]

I cannot believe who won.

[vico1818]

what is the name of the final song??

[OreadNYC]

Colin Firth's Valmont is, to put it bluntly, a jackass and an idiot. I like John Malkovich's Valmont much better -- and I don't like the way in which Forman rewrote the ending. "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" wasn't just supposed to be a tragedy for Valmont -- it was supposed to be a tragedy for everyone. That being said, I suppose this ending is more realistic since people don't always end up paying for their transgressions (or at least not in life) as they do in the novel.

[Brinah]

@sucker4horses05 Karma is a bitch for Merteuil!

[xnewtime]

Well that is a very far stretched version of the book and it terribly lacks of depth. And just for the casting; not choosing Sandrine Dumas for Cécile was a huge mistake.

[MagicMusicMe]

What kind of dog is the black one...its so cute.

[islapasion]

@xMeeelx Te Deum. Charpentier.

[Senate300]

For a films titled Valmont, the focus is clearly on Cecile's loss of innocence via Merteuil and Valmont scheming along with her doomed love affair with Danceny while promised to an older man. Valmont went from amoral cad to broken man with nothing to live for knowing he turned his back on love. Merteuil's gentle persona hides her childishly sadistic streak from which no one was safe. She inflicted so much pain on others without a shred of retribution.