Dangerous Liaisons
Movie • 1988 • Drama
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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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takver
Rape by coercion/blackmail. He also touches her while she's asleep.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Some blood on clothing from a duel. Also, a bloodletting scene. Both towards the end of the movie--cross-cut with each other, actually.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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The character Uma Thurman plays is meant to be 15 and is involved in sexual/nude scenes. Uma Thurman herself would have been either 17 or 18 while filming. (Born in 1970, film released in 1988.)
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Some of the sexual encounters are not consensual. Some of the arguments between lovers get physical. There's a scene where a man cruelly ends an affair with a woman, including violently grabbing her by the hair; she attempts to hit him as well.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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The two leads are constantly engaged in campaigns of cruel deceit against everyone else. In one scene, a woman walks in on her lover keeping company with a prostitute. By the end of the scene, he's convinced her that it wasn't what it looked like, to the point where she apologizes for doubting him.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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A man breaks into a young woman’s bedroom and blackmails her and convinces her into having sex with him
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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The pain of a young woman losing her virginity is briefly mentioned.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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No shaving. Near the end of the movie ~1:48 in, there is a very brief scene of Madame de Tourvel’s arm being cut, I assume for bloodletting. I looked away so I’m not sure how graphic.
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Does someone cheat?
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Constantly. To a legendary degree.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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kelseyj610
Madame de Tourvel is treated at a convent.
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takver
It's over so fast that I actually missed it on my first viewing, but in the late-film duel, one character purposely drops his sword and runs forward onto the point of his opponent's sword. He dies.
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I just watched the movie and no one self-harms.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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takver
A man is trying to manipulate a woman into having sex with him against her morals. He says repeatedly that if she doesn't, then his only choice is to die. He even starts to walk away as if he means he's going to do it right now. It's all for manipulation.
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Does someone miscarry?
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The woman mentions that she is bleeding, but no blood is shown. You do hear her crying off-screen when she discovers it. The miscarriage is mentioned again once later without emotion.
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Not a "joke," just an insult in one scene.
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Swordfight at the end.
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