Les liaisons dangereuses (film)
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| Directed by | Roger Vadim |
| Written by |
Roger Vailland Claude Brulé |
| Based on | novel by Choderlos de Laclos |
| Starring |
Jeanne Moreau Gérard Philipe Annette Vadim Madeleine Lambert |
| Music by |
Thelonious Monk Duke Jordan |
| Cinematography | Marcel Grignon |
| Edited by | Victoria Mercanton |
| Distributed by |
Ariane Distribution Astor Films (UC/Canada) |
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Release date
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1961 (US) |
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Running time
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105 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | US$4.3 million |
| Box office | 4,325,341 admissions (France) |
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| Soundtrack album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers with Barney Wilen | ||||
| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | July 28 & 29, 1959 Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios, New York City |
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| Genre | Film score | |||
| Length | 38:54 | |||
| Label |
Fontana 680 203 TL |
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| Producer | Marcel Romano | |||
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Les liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons) is a 1959 French-language film, loosely based on the 1782 novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, though is set in present-day France.
It was directed by Roger Vadim, and stars Jeanne Moreau, Gerard Phillipe, and Annette Vadim. It was a French/Italian co-production.
In present-day France, Valmont and Juliette de Merteuil are a married couple who help each other have extramarital affairs.
Juliette's latest lover, Court, breaks up with her to marry the 16-year-old Cecile. Seeking revenge, Juliette encourages Valmont to seduce the virginal Cecile while she holidays at the ski resort of Megève. Cecile is in love with a student, Danceny, but he refuses to marry her until he can support her.
While on holiday, Valmont meets the beautiful and virtuous Marianne, who is happily married to a Scandinavian judge with a small child. He decides to pursue her as well, at first by befriending her and being completely honest as to what sort of person he is.
Valmont succeeds in seducing the virginal Cecile by blackmailing her. Cecile confesses the act to Juliette who encourages her to keep seeing Valmont, and Cecile does so.
Valmont then follows Marianne to Paris and succeeds in seducing her as well. Eventually Valmont genuinely falls in love with Marianne, and she prepares to leave her husband for him. Juliette becomes jealous and sends Marianne a telegram from Valmont breaking it off with her and saying the seduction was all a game.
Cecile tells Juliette that she is pregnant to Valmont and asks for her help in persuading Danceny to marry her. Instead Juliette tells Danceny that he shouldn't marry and plans to seduce Danceny herself.
Valmont and Cecile tell Danceny about Juliette's duplicity. However Juliette then tells him that Cecile and Valmont slept together and Danceny kills Valmont.
Valmont has written letters to Juliette all throughout the film describing his and his wife's actions. Juliette burns the letters but is disfigured for life doing so.
Fourteen-year-old British school girl Gillian Hills was cast in a lead role but public outcry meant this was recast and Hills played a smaller part.
Gerard Philippe reportedly took the role in response to the critical failure of his film The Gambler.
Vadim's film brought Moreau to an international audience, despite the film's less than stellar critical reviews. The later Jules et Jim would bring her true international stardom. Gérard Philipe died almost 8 weeks after the film's release. It was the last of his films that was released before his death.
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