Dangerous Liaisons

    Genre
    Drama, Mystery, Romance
  • |
    • Runtime
    110 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    NR
  • |
    • Release Date
    2012
  • |
    • Countries
    China, South Korea, Singapore
  • |
    • Languages
    Mandarin
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Jin-ho Hur
WRITTEN BY:
Geling Yan, Choderlos de Laclos (novel)
CAST INCLUDES:
Cecilia Cheung, Jang Dong-Gun, Ziyi Zhang

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

1930s Shanghai: the glamorous, tumultuous “Paris of the East” whose salons, streets and bedrooms frame this Chinese adaptation of the French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses - into a lush new vision of DANGEROUS LIAISONS. Director Jin-ho Hur (CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST, ONE FINE SPRING DAY) crafts "an immersively sensual experience" (Hollywood Reporter) that was an Official Selection of the 2012 Cannes and Toronto International Film Festivals. It follows an aging socialite, whose infatuation with her ex-boyfriend manifests itself as a risky game, where her former lover agrees to seduce, then abandon a naive young woman.

SYNOPSIS

An aging socialite (Cecilia Cheung) dares a former lover (Jang Dong-gun) to win, bed and leave a chaste woman (Ziyi Zhang), but the plan goes awry when the infamous ladykiller begins to fall in love with his mark.

Dangerous Liaisons

    Genre
    Drama, Mystery, Romance
  • |
    • Runtime
    110 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    NR
  • |
    • Release Date
    2012
  • |
    • Countries
    China, South Korea, Singapore
  • |
    • Languages
    Mandarin
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Jin-ho Hur
WRITTEN BY
Geling Yan, Choderlos de Laclos (novel)
CAST INCLUDES
Cecilia Cheung, Jang Dong-Gun, Ziyi Zhang
1930s Shanghai: the glamorous, tumultuous “Paris of the East” whose salons, streets and bedrooms frame this Chinese adaptation of the French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses - into a lush new vision of DANGEROUS LIAISONS. Director Jin-ho Hur (CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST, ONE FINE SPRING DAY) crafts "an immersively sensual experience" (Hollywood Reporter) that was an Official Selection of the 2012 Cannes and Toronto International Film Festivals. It follows an aging socialite, whose infatuation with her ex-boyfriend manifests itself as a risky game, where her former lover agrees to seduce, then abandon a naive young woman.

An aging socialite (Cecilia Cheung) dares a former lover (Jang Dong-gun) to win, bed and leave a chaste woman (Ziyi Zhang), but the plan goes awry when the infamous ladykiller begins to fall in love with his mark.

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