Merteuil calls on her sometime-partner, the rakish and similarly amoral Vicomte de Valmont ( John Malkovich ), to do the deed.

At first, Valmont refuses her proposition ; he is busy trying to seduce the virtuous Madame de Tourvel ( Michelle Pfeiffer ), who is spending time at his aunt's manor house while her husband is abroad.

Upon discovering that the uptight and superficial Madame de Volanges had been secretly writing to Madame de Tourvel to warn her against his evil nature, Valmont changes his mind and decides to follow Merteuil's scheme.

At his aunt's manor, Valmont tricks Cécile into providing access to her bedchamber so that he can deliver Danceny's love letters unobserved, but instead shows up and rapes her as she pleads with him to leave.

Merteuil advises Cécile to consensually continue an affair with Valmont, telling her she should take advantage of all the lovers she can acquire in a life so constricted by her gender.

Merteuil had promised Valmont a night in her company should he be successful in his scheme to seduce Madame de Tourvel and provide written proof of his conquest.

Valmont arranges for Danceny to leave Merteuil for Cecile, which leads to him once again demanding the immediate fulfillment of her promise.

Before he dies, he asks Danceny to visit Tourvel and assure her of his true love ; Valmont also hands him a collection of letters from Merteuil that detail her scheming.

Kathryn asks her step-brother, Sebastian Valmont ( Phillippe ) to seduce Cecile ; he refuses as he is planning to seduce virgin Annette Hargrove ( Witherspoon )-a ' paradigm of chastity and virtue ' and spoil her social reputation.

Having spent her entire Takarazuka career in Snow Troupe, she was the second regular star partner of legend Mari Hanafusa and is most remembered for two roles: Franz Joseph ( the first of Takarazuka to be in this role ) and Viscount Valmont of Kamen no Romanesque ( The Takarazuka's adoptation of Dangerous Liaisons ).

Angered over the loss of her lover and his slight of her character, Merteuil plots to deface Cecile's virtue by having her friend Valmont ( Colin Firth ) seduce Cecile.

Valmont declines Merteuil's request because he is trying to lure Madame de Tourvel ( Meg Tilly ), a married guest of his aunt who is staying in the country while her husband is abroad.

Merteuil refuses to honor her wager and Valmont leaves in a fury.

Valmont convinces Cecile to write Danceny explaining that Merteuil encourages Cecile to marry Gercourt and keep Danceny as her lover.

In the morning she leaves for the market to prepare a meal for him but Valmont decides not to stay and goes to collect his prize from Merteuil.

Valmont meanwhile steadily targets his main prey, Madame de Tourvel, who, despite suspecting his base motives, eventually gives in to his tireless advances.

However, Valmont, the lifelong womanizer, has unexpectedly fallen in love with Tourvel.

Nevertheless, secretly jealous of Tourvel, she refuses to grant Valmont his prize unless he breaks off with Tourvel completely ; Merteuil threatens to ruin his proud reputation as a debaucher.

The world-premiere cast included Thomas Hampson as Valmont, Frederica von Stade as Merteuil, David Hobson as Chevalier de Danceny, Renée Fleming as Tourvel and Mary Mills as Cécile de Volanges.

Merteuil chides Valmont for his effort, and they make a wager: if Valmont succeeds in bedding Madame de Tourvel, he may bed Merteuil ; if he fails, he must join a monastery.

At the same time, Valmont is unsuccessful at his numerous attempts at wooing Tourvel.

Valmont goes to Tourvel and she returns his affections.

Tourvel later comes to Valmont and spends the night, leaving before he wakes the next morning.

The Region 1 DVD released in 2002 by MGM is missing a short sequence after Valmont wakes alone from his last night with Tourvel.

As of 2010, it's been reported that there are less than 12 U. S. manufacturers, of which five are major: Valmont Industries and their " Valley " products, Lindsay Corporation and their " Zimmatic " brand, Reinke Irrigation with their " Electrogator " machines, T-L Irrigation who make a hydrostatically powered system and Pierce Corporation and their " CircleMaster " products.

Alejo Carpentier y Valmont ( December 26, 1904 – April 24, 1980 ) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous " boom " period.

This brings him to the attention of his old friend, Captain Augustus Black, who is in charge of a secret governmental organization known as Section 13, as well as the criminal organization known as the Dark Hand, led by Valmont.

Gouze said in a semi-autobiographical novel ( Mémoire de Madame de Valmont contre la famille de Flaucourt ), " I was married to a man I did not love and who was neither rich nor well-born.

Jeanne Moreau plays Juliette de Merteuil, a conniving socialite who manipulates the Vicomte de Valmont ( played by Gérard Philipe ) into meeting and seducing Marianne ( Annette Vadim ).

During this, Valmont visits Merteuil — who reveals she has herself seduced Danceny.

The Dark Hand: An organisation of criminals, led by the British Valmont, who is possessed by Shendu.

Open-eyed, he died in the arms of his doctor on December 29, 1926 in the Valmont Sanatorium in Switzerland.

His breakout performance was as the Vicomte de Valmont in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award.

Valmont, Lindsay, Reinke, and Pierce Corporation all manufacture systems powered by 480 volt electricity.

The largest maker of mechanized irrigation market is Valmont Industries.

Valmont claims a market share between 35 – 45 % of all new center pivots sold in the United States.

By the mid 1970s Valmont began manufacturing a significant amount of irrigation systems in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia, China, Thailand, Latin America and Switzerland.

The Marquise reveals to Danceny that Valmont had seduced Cécile.

Danceny challenges Valmont to a duel.

In Laclos's novel, Cecile is raped by Valmont and suffers a miscarriage ; in Valmont she is seduced willingly ( the script goes so far as to have the character confirm that she enjoyed the encounter ) and is pregnant at her wedding.

In the sequence, Valmont takes flowers to Tourvel's home later the same day, but on arrival discovers that she is back with her husband.