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Valmont (1989)
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Cast
as Valmont
as Merteuil
as Madame de Tourvel
as Cecile
as Mme. De Volanges
as Mons. Gercourt
as Chevalier Danceny
as Mme. de Rosemonde
as Baron
as Baroness
as Azolan
as Victoire
as Jose
as Jean
as Martine
as Priest
as President de Tourvel
as Flea Market Salesman
as Mother Superior
as Flea Market Salesman
as Volanges' Majordomo
as Blind Guitar Player
as Servant
as Knight of the Maltese Order
as Thug #1
as Thug #2
as Thug #3
as Knight of the Maltese Order #1
as Knight of the Maltese Order #2
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Critic Reviews for Valmont
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Colin Firth's Valmont is pleasant, a dreadful thing to say about one of literature's most magnetic seducers.
Valmont is a superb piece of craftsmanship, impeccable in every detail from lighting to costuming, but as a work of art it remains tentative and blurred.
Milos Forman and Jean-Claude Carriere, while fiddling with the plot of this deliciously nasty tale, have studiously embalmed its spirit.
The results are too pretty and well acted to be a total washout, but the fascination with evil and power that gives the novel intensity is virtually absent; what remains is mainly petty malice and mild cynicism.
Because there are no characters animating his panorama, all this serves to prove is that though Forman's movie is broader than Frears', it is also shallower.
What keeps the film interesting, if not riveting, is the generally on target casting and resulting topnotch interpretations.
Audience Reviews for Valmont
As in his mighty "Amadeus", Milos Forman again narrates a picaresque drama within aristocratic circles in this adaptation of "Les Liasons Dangereuses". Less energetic and lush than the one directed by Stephen Frears, even with a younger and fresher, cast. Forman bets for a subtler, classier approach and decides to concentrate solely on the tribulations of the character that names the film, finishing it before other characters' fate come to full circle. In my view, a controversial decision that gives the upper hand to Frears' previously released take on the same story.
Super Reviewer
It is interesting how wealthy 18th century aristocrats spend their time and efforts. It is funny; whenever I see a film from this era, instead of enjoying the stories of the aristocrats, I wonder about the lives of the common people who play the instruments or prepare the meals or wait on those rich.
Super Reviewer
I thought this was the better of the two 80's versions. Subtler.
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Valmont Quotes
| Marquise de Merteuil: | I think you're as awful as I am. I am. That's why we should never be enemies. We should always be friends... ...good friends. |
| Marquise de Merteuil: | I think you're as awful as I am. That's why we should never be enemies. We should always be friends...good friends. |
| Cecile de Volanges: | Um... Can we just write this time? |
| Vicomte de Valmont: | ~ What then have I done? What, except yield to a natural feeling, inspired by beauty, sanctioned by virtue and kept at all times within the bounds of respect. It's innocent expression prompted not by hope but by trust. ~ Read more: http://www.finestquotes.com~ What then have I done? What, except yield to a natural feeling, inspired by beauty, sanctioned by virtue and kept at all times within the bounds of respect. It's innocent expression prompted not by hope but by trust. ~ |
| Vicomte de Valmont: | What then have I done? What, except yield to a natural feeling, inspired by beauty, sanctioned by virtue and kept at all times within the bounds of respect. It's innocent expression prompted not by hope but by trust. |