---
title: 'Valmont (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Miloš Forman'
released: '1989-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 137
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/valmont-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098575/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Valmont (1989)

1989 · 137 min · Drama, Romance · United Kingdom, France, United States


## Synopsis

Valmont is a 1989 romantic drama film directed by Miloš Forman and starring Colin Firth, Annette Bening, and Meg Tilly. Based on the 1782 French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos, and adapted for the screen by Jean-Claude Carrière, the film is about a scheming widow (Merteuil) who bets her ex-lover (Valmont) that he cannot corrupt a recently married honorable woman (Tourvel). During the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont ends up falling in love with her. Earlier, Merteuil learns her secret lover (Gercourt) has discarded her and is about to marry her cousin's daughter- the virginal 15 year old Cécile. As revenge, the jilted Merteuil employs Valmont to seduce Cécile before her marriage to Gercourt.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Miloš Forman](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-forman)
- **Screenplay:** [Miloš Forman](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-forman), [Jean-Claude Carrière](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-carriere)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Christopher Palmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-palmer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Miroslav Ondříček](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-ondricek)
- **Editor:** [Nena Danevic](https://cinepixo.com/people/nena-danevic)

## Cast

- [Aleta Mitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleta-mitchell) as Victoire
- [Ian McNeice](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-mcneice) as Azolan
- [Isla Blair](https://cinepixo.com/people/isla-blair) as la baronne
- [Christian Bouillette](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-bouillette) as les ivrognes
- [Ivan Palec](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-palec) as Servant
- [Vincent Schiavelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-schiavelli) as Jean
- [Alain Frérot](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-frerot) as les ivrognes
- [Nils Tavernier](https://cinepixo.com/people/nils-tavernier) as le chevalier de l'ordre de Malte
- [Colin Firth](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-firth) as Vicomte de Valmont
- [Meg Tilly](https://cinepixo.com/people/meg-tilly) as Madame de Tourvel
- [Henry Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-thomas) as Danceny
- [Siân Phillips](https://cinepixo.com/people/sian-phillips) as Mme Volanges
- [Daniel Laloux](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-laloux) as les ivrognes
- [Sébastien Floche](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastien-floche) as le prêtre
- [Sandrine Dumas](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandrine-dumas) as Martine

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/valmont-1989
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