Dangerous Liaisons: A Feminist Manifesto?

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2021 / 52min.

Rating7

Genres

Documentary

History

TV Movie

Synopsis

Well known for its exploration of seduction and revenge, the “Dangerous Liaisons” by Choderlos de Laclos caused a scandal from its first publication in 1782. Despite – or because of the scandal – the book was a top-seller. Since then, it stood the test of time. Combining eras, continents and people, the novel is adapted around the world. Marvelous tool for reflection on the female condition, social satire announcing the Revolution, remarkable work on the conflicting nature of love but also of the gender war, consecration of the power of the words, a libertine manual… “Dangerous Liaisons” is all of these at once.

Directors

Actors

Elsa Lepoivre

Véronique Augereau

Mathieu Buscatto

Éric Génovèse

Cécile Guilbert

Michel Delon

Catriona Seth

Geneviève Fraisse

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