In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.
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DIRECTOR
Stephen Frears
SCREENPLAY
Christopher Hampton
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Philippe Rousselot
EDITOR
Mick Audsley
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER
George Fenton
PRODUCER
Hank Moonjean
Norma Heyman
ART DIRECTION
Gavin Bocquet
Gérard James
Gérard Viard
Stuart Craig
ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR
Jean-Michel Ducourty
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Barthelemy Bogaert
Myriam Touzé
Pierre Cottereau
ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER
Frank Gardiner
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Annabel Ware
Françoise Roumanet
Simon Cowper
ASSISTANT LOCATION MANAGER
Jean Michel Penkhoss
ASSISTANT SOUND EDITOR
Martin Crane
Peter Baldock
BOOM OPERATOR
John Stevenson
CABLEMAN
Michel Mellier
CAMERA OPERATOR
Mike Fox
CASTING DIRECTOR
Françoise Menidrey
Leo Davis
CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN
André Loisif
COSTUME DESIGN
James Acheson
COSTUME SUPERVISOR
Isabelle Coignerai
COSTUMER
Andree Demarez
Danielle Laffargue
Nathalie Doux
DECORATOR
Paul Bastide
DIALOGUE EDITOR
Christopher Ackland
Rick Dunford
EXTRAS CASTING
Jacqueline Perpere
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Bernard Seitz
GAFFER
Jean-Pierre Baronsky
GRIP
Gérard Buffard
Gérard Rival
Jean-Luc Bezeau
HAIRSTYLIST
Malou Rossignol
Pierre Vadé
KEY GRIP
Bernard Brégier
LOCATION MANAGER
Olivier Lhoste
Pierre Gralhon
MAKEUP ARTIST
Dominique Plez
Monique Huylebroeck
MAKEUP SUPERVISOR
Jean-Luc Russier
MUSIC EDITOR
Michael Connell
MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Jackie Krost
NOVEL
Choderlos de Laclos
PAINTER
Paul Bastide
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT
Sophie Drouin
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Blanche Weisenfeld
PRODUCTION SECRETARY
Catherine Hall
PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER
Peter Handford
PROPERTY MASTER
Daniel Braunschweig
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
Penny Eyles
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Vincent Lascoumes
SET DECORATION
Gérard James
SOUND EDITOR
Kant Pan
SOUND RE-RECORDING MIXER
Peter Maxwell
STILL PHOTOGRAPHER
Étienne George
STUNTS
Albert Goldberg
Michel Carliez
Academy Awards
1989Winner: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Nominee: Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Best Costume Design
Nominee: Best Original Score
Nominee: Best Picture
Winner: Best Production Design
Nominee: Best Actress
BAFTA Awards
1990Winner: Best Screenplay
Winner: Best Actress In A Supporting Role
National Board Of Review: Top Ten Films
1988Winner: National Board Of Review: Top Ten Films
Winner: CéSar Award For Best Foreign Film
1989Winner: Writers Guild Of America Award For Best Adapted Screenplay