Sequence.
Well, my dear...
So how are you adapting
to the world outside?
Very well, I think.
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Dangerous Liaisons Synopsis: In Shanghai, an aging socialite's infatuation with her ex-boyfriend manifests itself as a risky game, where her former lover agrees to seduce, then abandon a naive young woman. Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance Director (s): Jin-ho Hur. Dangerous Liaisons Synopsis: In 18th century France, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont play a dangerous game of seduction. Valmont is someone who measures success by the number of his conquests and Merteuil challenges him to seduce the soon to be married Cecile de Volanges and provide proof in writing of his success.
and be quietexcept when spoken to.
So we must see what we can devise
for your amusement.
Valmont is here.
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You receive him, do you?
Yes.
So do you.
Monsieur le Vicomte de Valmont,
my child...
...whom you very probably
don't remember...
...except that he is
conspicuously charming...
...never opens his mouthwithout first
calculating what damage he can do.
Then why do you receive him,
maman?
Everyone receives him.
Madame.
What a pleasant surprise.
Madame de Volanges.
How delightful to see you.
You remember my daughter, Ccile?
Well, indeed, but who could have
foretold she wouldflower so gracefully?
I wanted to call on you
before leaving the city.
Oh...
I'm not sure we can allow that.
Why should you want to leave?
Paris in August, you know...
...and it's time I paid a visit on my aunt.
I've neglected her disgracefully.
Madame de Rosemonde
has been good enough...
...to invite us to stay at the chteau.
Won't you please give her
our warmest regards?
I shall make a point of it, Madame.
I think it's time we took you home.
I'm used to being in bed
by nine at the convent.
So I should hope.
Your aunt?
That's correct.
I thought she'd already made
arrangements to leave you all her money.
Do you know why I summoned you
here this evening?
I'd hoped it might be for
the pleasure of my company.
I need you...
...to carry out an heroic enterprise.
You remember when Bastide left me?
Yes.
And went off with that fat mistress
of yourswhose name escapes me.
Yes, yes.
No one has ever done that to me before.
Or to you, I suspect.
I was quiterelieved to be rid of her,
frankly.
No, you weren't.
For some years now,
Bastide has been searching for a wife.
He was alwaysunshakably prejudiced
in favour of convent education.
And now he's found the ideal candidate.
Ccile Volanges.
Very good.
And her 60,000 a year.
That must have played some small part
in Bastide's calculations.
None whatsoever.
Bastide's priority, you see...
... is a guaranteed virtue.
I wonder if I'm beginning to guess
what it is you're intending to propose.
Bastide is with his regiment in Corsica
for the rest of the year.
That should give you plenty of time.
You mean to...?
- She's a rosebud.
- You think so?
And he'd get back from his honeymoon...
...to find himself the laughing stock
of Paris.
- Well...
- Yes.
Love and revenge. Two of your favourites.
No, I can't.
What?
Oh really, I can't.
- Why not?
- Oh, it's too easy.
It is.
She's seen nothing.
She knows nothing.
She's bound to be curious.
She'd be on her back...
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...before you'd unwrapped
the firstbunch of flowers.
Any one of a dozen men couldmanage it.
I have my reputation to think of.
I can see I'm going to have
to tell you everything.
- Of course you are.
- Yes.
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My aunt is not on her own
just at the moment.
She has a youngfriendstaying with her.
Madame de Tourvel.
You can't mean it.
To seduce a woman famous
for strict morals...
...religious fervour and the happiness
of her marriage...
What couldpossibly be more prestigious?
I think there's something degrading
about having a husband for a rival.
It's humiliating if you fail,
and commonplace if you succeed.
Where is Monsieur de Tourvel anyway?
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Presiding over some
endless case in Burgundy.
I don't think you can hope
for any actual pleasure.
Oh, yes.
You see, I have no intention
Dangerous Liaisons Script
of breaking down her prejudices.
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I want her to believe in God and virtue