Valmont (1989) - Milos Forman

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098575/

 Meticulous retelling—the third on film—of the sexual shenanigans of 18th-century French aristocrats (Firth and Bening). 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. Based on the same novel as DANGEROUS LIAISONS. Youthful cast makes this seem more mischievous than other versions, but that very playfulness also softens some of its bite. Elderly Drake, who died shortly after film's release, steals every scene she's in.

If DANGEROUS LIAISONS was a movie to stimulate the mind, VALMONT is more compelling for the emotions. I admired the earlier movie, but I watched it as if I were watching creatures in a human zoo, observing their behavior with my own detached amusement. In VALMONT, I found myself falling into the same trap that de Laclos set for his characters--I found myself beginning to care about these people. I even wanted them to be happy, which was more than they wanted for each other. The frightening thing about the film is that at the end, after all the hearts have been broken and all the cynical compromises have been made, I could see how many of these characters would be able to make their adjustments and be happy, even surrounded by the wreckage of their ideals. It is always a little disturbing to see people sell out at a profit. Maybe that's what the film wants us to discover.

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File size: 700Mb | Dimensions: 640 x 288
Video: 605kbps XviD | Audio: 113kb/s mp3
Original English language version
Running time: 134