Merteui and Valmont, one is a scheming beautiful lady, and the other is a young and handsome loafers. A cruel and jealous person, in order to avenge the betrayal of his former lover, provoke Valmont to seduce his fiancee Cecile (Uma Thurman) in order to avenge his former lover; an indulgent person, in exchange for spending a night with Merteui, hesitate to destroy the kind-hearted Tourvel (Michelle Pfeiffer) As a price.
Cecile sought Merteui's comfort after being insulted by Valmont. Merteui smiled like a Mona Lisa in the carriage he was heading to, and once he stepped out of the carriage and his eyes spread, it immediately turned into endless grief and sorrow. She said to Cecile, "The shame is like the pain. You only feel it once." Turning to the face outside the window there was a trace of sadness, a little bit of buried kindness, or love that has withered, but only for a moment . This woman who entered the social circle from the age of 15 has learned in her life to conceal her pain with joy, and to disguise deception with indifferent disguise. Only the manners learned from moralists, the thinking learned from philosophers and novelists are left. The escape technique that comes, and her only absolute and simple truth-if you win, you will die.
The evil of Valmont is his ultimate, yet independent and distinctive quality. He admires himself and is fascinated by his words and deeds. He never denies their sins and contempt. He has clear goals and is good at adapting to changes. He knows how to constantly adjust his rationality and sensibility at the right time. He is comfortable between passion and self-control, and completely transforms evil into fatal. The charm, the fragrant poison. In front of Tourvel, he frankly sent away the social flower that had been ambiguous with him a second before, explaining to Tourvel that it was only part of his good deeds that he often helped the poor. From the trembling anger to the softening of tenderness, one can't help but wonder whether this is Tourvel's trust in Valmont, or a kind of smile and arsenic willingness.
A pair of vicious lovers like the devil, arrogant and conceited, regard themselves as the gods of other people’s feelings and lives. While calculating each other, they use chilling lies, deceit, absurdity and debauchery, in a series of games mixed with dark goals. Realize all the real and unfavorable things with complete shamelessness. But the only thing that loses control is that when using love as a manipulation tool, don't forget the premise of "Don't fall in love" first.
In order to make Merteui fulfill his promise and prove that he was not as stupid as other men, Valmont abide by the agreement between himself and Merteui, repeating the sentence "It's beyond my control" humiliated and abandoned Tourvel. However, at this time, he found that he had already unknowingly fallen in love with the conservative, plain, and quiet woman who had no hesitation. "Vanity and love are incompatible", no one understands the meaning of this sentence better than Valmont. Tourvel died of grief, and Valmont paid his life as the price of this game. In the final picture, Merteui slowly wiped off the delicate makeup on her face. The face in the mirror was sad and hopeless. She saw her uncertain future in the mirror. Valmont exposed all his tricks with Merteui before he died. Merteui, who declared war on him, won the rejection and betrayal of the entire Paris for himself.
This is a black comedy about love and vanity. A war between TA and ta. Don't betray him, he will be vengeful and fickle, but don't provoke him. Even if he dies, his revenge is still there.
——Now, yes or no? It is up to you, of course. I will merely confine myself to remarking that a "no" will be regarded as a declaration of war. A single word is all that is required."
—— All right...WAR!
ps When I watched it, I felt that Tourvel in the movie felt very similar to Pamela in the novel "Pamela" that was turned over the past two days. After watching the movie introduction, I found 4 books that the author of the original novel often reads. It includes another novel "Clarissa" by Richardson, the author of "Pamela", but Clarissa is more like Cecile in the movie, and finally died of grief and anger. It's really confusing. The male protagonist in "Pamela" and "Clarissa" They are all people of misbehavior. One finally changed the evil and returned to righteousness, which was regarded as a qualitative change, while the other was finally stabbed to death in a duel, and the evil deeds were punished. But whether it is the happy ending in Pamela or the Valmont in the movie My conscience has discovered that I think it’s actually a need for artistic expression. Clarissa’s tragic ending may be what life is like more often. So, dear friends, be careful of sweet words, haha.
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