Les liaisons dangereuses
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Roger Vadim
Gérard Philipe
Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Valérie
Annette Vadim
Simone Renant
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Valmont and Juliette de Merteuil are the most talked-about married couple in Paris society. Handsome, elegant, rich, and jaded, they aid and abet each other's extramarital affairs. Valmont is a compulsive seducer; his wife a cruel, intelligent woman who intrigues to have him named a representative to the United Nations. When her latest lover prematurely discards her to marry a student, Cécile, the vindictive Juliette encourages Valmont to seduce the young girl while they are vacationing at Megève. At the same time, Valmont meets Marianne, a virtuous wife and mother who resists his advances. After seducing Cécile, Valmont follows Marianne to Paris, and there she finally succumbs to his charm, choosing him over her husband and child. Ironically, Valmont finds himself emotionally involved for the first time in his life. His wife, however, forces him to discard Marianne. The loss of both husband and lover is more than Marianne can bear, and she goes insane. The situation causes a rift between Valmont and Juliette, and their strange alliance is broken. Juliette's subsequent intrigues bring about the death of Valmont at the hands of Cécile's lover, and Juliette herself is horribly disfigured by fire as she attempts to burn her husband's incriminating letters. When she attends the inquest of Valmont's death, photographers hound her and a witness hisses.
Director
Roger Vadim
Cast
Gérard Philipe
Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Valérie
Annette Vadim
Simone Renant
Jean-louis Trintignant
Nicolas Vogel
Boris Vian
Frédéric O'brady
Gillian Hills
Crew
Robert Biart
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
Claude Brulé
Marcel Grignon
Robert Guisgand
Victoria Mercanton
Thelonious Monk
Jack Murray
Jacques Poitrenaud
Léopold Schlosberg
Roger Vadim
Roger Vailland
Roger Vailland
Barney Wilem's Orchestra
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
Opened in Paris in September 1959 as Les liaisons dangereuses 1960; running time: 108 min; in Rome in December 1962 as Relazioni pericolose; Italian co-production status unconfirmed. Also known as Dangerous Love Affairs.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1994
Shown at MOMA (Jeanne Moreau: Nouvelle Vague and Beyond) in New York City February 18 - March 25, 1994.
Released in United States 1961
Released in United States 1994 (Shown at MOMA (Jeanne Moreau: Nouvelle Vague and Beyond) in New York City February 18 - March 25, 1994.)
Released in United States 1961
