Valmont (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Valmont |
| Original title | Valmont |
| Country of production |
USA France |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 137 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Miloš Forman |
| script |
Jean-Claude Carrière , Miloš Forman |
| production |
Michael Hausmann , Paul Rassam |
| music | Christopher Palmer |
| camera | Miroslav Ondříček |
| cut |
Nena Danevic , Alan Heim |
| occupation | |
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Valmont is an American feature film directed by Miloš Forman in 1989. It is based on the epistolary novel Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos .
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The film tells of the decadent intrigues and intrigues of the aristocracy in pre-revolutionary France. Young Cécile is fetched from the convent by her mother, Madame de Volanges. She is to be married. The naive and inexperienced Cécile quickly gains confidence in her older cousin Madame de Merteuil, who is supposed to find out the name of the future husband. Merteuil, a wealthy widow , is shocked when her lover Gercourt, who has just dumped her, wants to marry Cécile. She swears vengeance. Her friend Valmont is supposed to seduce Cécile and thus expose Gercourt to society, but Valmont refuses. So far he has tried in vain to seduce the married and virtuous Madame de Tourvel. Merteuil, who visits Valmont at his aunt Madame de Rosemonde's castle, bets him that he will not be able to seduce Madame de Tourvel. Should she lose, he can sleep with her. Should she win, Valmont should go to a monastery and confess all of his sins. You take the bet.
Back at Madame de Volanges, Madame de Merteuil finds Cecile's mother in despair: Cécile has received love letters from her harp teacher Danceny. Cécile confesses to Merteuil that she is also in love with Danceny. Merteuil supports the correspondence between the two, but at the same time lets Madame de Volanges find one of the letters. Cécile is then house arrested and Danceny is released. Merteuil organizes a visit to the opera with Madame de Volanges and enables Cécile and Danceny to meet, where she has Cécile dressed seductively. Danzeny, however, only uses the hours to recite a love song to Cécile, but not for seduction. Merteuil changes her plan and drives with Cécile to Valmont's aunt in the country. Valmont has so far advertised Madame de Tourvel there in vain. Only when he playfully turns to Cécile does Madame de Tourvel's passion awaken and she flees to Paris . Meanwhile, Valmont helps Cécile with a love letter to Danceny and uses this situation to deflower her. When Cécile reveals herself to Merteuil, she suggests marrying Gercourt and taking Danceny as a lover.
When Valmont learns the next morning that Madame de Tourvel has fled to Paris, he rides after her. Both meet in their palace and spend the night together. The next morning Tourvel Valmont reveals that they are already planning a future together and that they have also informed her husband in writing. Valmont leaves in a rush when she is out shopping at the market, and leaves a letter separating him from her. When he arrived at Madame de Merteuil's, he asked for his winnings, but she refused, since he would not have gone to a monastery if he had lost. Both split up in an argument.
Valmont goes to Cécile and has her write a letter to Danceny in which she writes about Merteuil's proposal to keep him as a lover. Danzeny then appears furious at Merteuil and lets her write a letter of apology at gunpoint in which she revokes her proposal. Valmont later returns to Merteuil and the two seem to be reconciled. He even suggests a marriage - Merteuil shows him her bedroom, where she has just had fun with Danceny, who now also knows that Valmont has seduced Cécile. When Valmont wanted to flee with Cécile, Merteuil had already told her all the background information. Valmont is challenged to a duel by Danceny and killed. Cécile reveals to Valmont's (not disgruntled, but enthusiastic) aunt that she is pregnant by Valmont. In the end, however, her wedding to the unsuspecting Gercourt takes place. Only one person visits Valmont's grave - Madame de Tourvel, who has made up with her husband.
production
Valmont was filmed on original locations in France. Filming locations included the Palace of Versailles , the Museum Nissim de Camondo , the Musée Vivant du Cheval, the Hôtel Amelot de Bisseuil and the Opéra-Comique in Paris . Madame de Rosemonde's estate was found in La Motte-Tilly Castle in Nogent-sur-Seine , while the marriage scenes at the end of the film were filmed in St-Étienne de Caen . Other locations were Bordeaux and Meaux .
The film was released in US cinemas on November 17, 1989 and was shown in Germany on December 14, 1989. As early as 1988, Stephen Frears ' Dangerous Liaisons was a film adaptation of the novel by Choderlos de Laclos, which won several Oscars and in whose shadow Valmont stood.
criticism
With the exception of Roger Ebert , who analyzes the film in detail and compares it with Frears ' version, the US critics mostly received the film negatively: with Rotten Tomatoes it achieved a rate of 54% in specialist reviews.
The film service called Valmont a "lavishly decorated sheet of pictures from a decadent society, livelier and more accessible, but also somewhat more superficial than the interpretation of the same material by Stephen Frears ' dangerous love affairs."
Cinema called the film a "frivolous game of intrigue in a magnificent setting".
Awards
Valmont was at the Oscars in 1990 for an Oscar in the category "Best Costume Design" nomination, but failed against Henry V. prevail. The film also received a nomination for best costume design at the BAFTA Awards .
In 1990 Valmont received the César in the categories of “Best Costume Design” and “Best Production Design” and was nominated for two other Césars, including the one for best director. In 1992, Annette Bening won the London Critics' Circle Film Awards in the category “ Best International Young Talent ” for her performance in Valmont .
Web links
- Valmont in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rober Ebert: Valmont, 1989
Individual evidence
- ^ Valmont November 12, 1989, accessed November 6, 2016
- ↑ Valmont. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de