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All of Paris learns the full range of Merteuil's schemes and depredations. He also gives Danceny his collection of intimate letters from Merteuil, and Danceny publishes them, while Cécile informs her mother of her intention to return permanently to the convent. With his dying breath, Valmont asks Danceny to communicate to Tourvel-by now near death-his true feelings for her. Danceny challenges Valmont to a duel and mortally wounds him. Valmont warns Danceny of Merteuil's ulterior motives in seducing him she retaliates by informing Danceny that Valmont has been sleeping with Cécile. Overwhelmed with grief and shame, Tourvel retreats to a monastery where her health deteriorates rapidly. Valmont abruptly dismisses Tourvel with a terse excuse: "It is beyond my control." Meanwhile, after a night in Valmont's bed, Cécile miscarries his child. She also refuses to honor her end of their agreement since Valmont has no written proof that the relationship has been consummated. In a fit of jealousy, Merteuil mocks Valmont and threatens to trash his reputation as a carefree gigolo. Meanwhile, Valmont somehow manages to win Tourvel's heart, but at a cost: the lifelong bachelor playboy falls in love. In the meantime, Merteuil begins an affair with Danceny. The result is a "student-teacher" relationship by day, Cécile is courted by Danceny, and each night she receives a sexual "lesson" from Valmont. Merteuil advises Cécile to welcome Valmont's advances she says young women should take advantage of all the lovers they can acquire in a society so repressive and contemptuous of women. A concerned Madame de Volanges asks Merteuil to speak to Cécile Cécile confides in Merteuil, naively assuming that she has Cécile's best interests at heart. On the pretext of illness, Cécile remains locked in her chambers, refusing all visitors. Valmont gains access to Cécile's bedchamber on a pretense, sexually assaults her, and blackmails her into sex as she pleads with him to leave. They fall in love with coaxing from Merteuil, who knows that Danceny, a poor commoner, can never qualify as a bona fide suitor. Meanwhile, in Paris, Cécile meets the charming and handsome Chevalier Raphael Danceny, who becomes her music teacher. Valmont resolves to seduce Cécile as revenge for her mother's accurate denunciation of him. One of the letters intercepted is from Cécile's mother and Merteuil's cousin, Madame de Volanges, warning Tourvel that Valmont is a nefarious and untrustworthy individual.

Searching for leverage, he instructs his page Azolan to seduce Tourvel's maid Julie and gain access to Tourvel's private correspondence. Tourvel rebuffs all of Valmont's advances. Never one to refuse a challenge, Valmont accepts. Amused and incredulous at Valmont's hubris in pursuing the chaste, devoutly religious Tourvel, Merteuil ups the ante: if Valmont somehow succeeds in seducing Tourvel and can furnish written proof, Merteuil will sleep with him as well. Valmont declines, as he is plotting to seduce Madame de Tourvel, the wife of a member of Parliament away in Burgundy and a current houseguest of Valmont's aunt, Madame de Rosemonde. Merteuil calls on the similarly unprincipled Vicomte de Valmont to do the deed. To soothe her wounded pride and embarrass Bastide, she seeks to arrange the seduction and disgrace of his young virgin fiancée, Cécile de Volanges, who has only recently been presented to society after spending her formative years in the shelter of a convent. In pre-Revolution Paris, the Marquise de Merteuil plots revenge against her ex-lover, the Comte de Bastide, who recently ended their relationship. It received seven nominations at the 61st Academy Awards, including for the Best Picture and won three Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, and Best Production Design. Grossing $34.7 million against its $14 million budget, it was a modest box office success. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for Close's and Pfeiffer's performances and the screenplay, production values and costumes. It stars Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Uma Thurman, Swoosie Kurtz, Mildred Natwick, Peter Capaldi and Keanu Reeves.ĭangerous Liaisons was theatrically released by Warner Bros. Dangerous Liaisons is a 1988 American period romantic drama film directed by Stephen Frears from a screenplay by Christopher Hampton, based on his 1985 play Les liaisons dangereuses, itself adapted from the 1782 French novel of the same name by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.
