Choderlos de Laclos’ novel of sex and intrigue scandalised Europe when it was first published in 1782, and Christopher Hampton’s multi-award winning adaption is no less enthralling or relevant today.
Merciless aristocrats, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, toy with the hearts and reputations of others for entertainment, unaware of how close they teeter towards their own destruction.
This classic tale of seduction and betrayal, set in pre-revolutionary France, explores the tragic consequences when decadent sexuality, morals and manipulation are played out in the ultimate game, where the only outcomes are Win or Die.