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Valmont
Drama, Romance
Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. However, in the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont falls in love.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy lavish period romance driven by elegant schemes, erotic tension, and the gradual collapse of emotional control.
- Tone
- romantic, satirical, bittersweet
- Payoff
- heartbreak, swoon
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- desire, manipulation, social constraint, reputation, emotional awakening
- Setting
- eighteenth-century France, opulent aristocratic salons and country estates
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