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Dangerous Love Affairs

1959 · 106 min

A cool, elegant descent into manipulation and desire, watching beautiful people destroy each other with precision and style.

Overview
Juliette de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont are a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement. Both have sexual affairs with others and share their experiences with one another. But when Valmont meets the beautiful young Marianne at a ski resort, he breaks the one rule of his unconventional marriage: never fall in love.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • obsession
  • love
  • revenge
  • morality
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Roger Vadim
Written by
Roger Vailland, Roger Vadim, Claude Brulé
Starring
Gérard Philipe, Jeanne Moreau, Jeanne Valérie, Annette Stroyberg, Simone Renant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Nicolas Vogel, Madeleine Lambert
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
106 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
French

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