Valmont
1989 · 140 min
Directed by Miloš Forman. Written by Jean-Claude Carrière, Miloš Forman. Starring Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk.
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.
Critics 50% · audiences 69% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, YouTube (free) · 1 Oscar nomination
What they said about Valmont
- 1989
contributes virtually nothing to the body of information surrounding Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
— The New York
How it got made
The film was shot at Versailles, the Château de La Motte-Tilly (Aube), in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle), in Montfort-l'Amaury (Yvelines), at the Great Stables of Chantilly (Oise), and at the Musée Nissim de Camondo in Paris.