Valmont (Film) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Valmont is a 1989 drama film directed by Milo Forman, based on the French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1782) by Choderlos de Laclos. It was adapted for the screen with a screenplay by Jean-Claude Carriere. The film stars Colin Firth, Annette Bening and Meg Tilly. Valmont received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design (Theodor Pi t k). Merteuil (Annette Bening) is a beautiful, wealthy widow in society who was recently dismissed by her secret lover Gercourt (Jeffrey Jones) after he announces that he is betrothed. Merteuil learns from her cousin Madame de Volanges (Sian Phillips) that Gercourt's new fiance is none other than Volanges' 15 year old daughter Cecile (Fairuza Balk). Volanges confides in Merteuil that Gercourt chose Cecile as she was raised in a convent to keep Cecile chaste before marriage. Volanges also admits there were worries over the betrothal as people were discussing Gercourt's former mistress's sanity.