Beautiful, elegant, seductive and entertaining film version of the translated, same titled play. Also adapted for the screen in a film called "Valmont" starring Colin Firth and Fairuza Balk, this film is extremely good. It's photography and direction is truly astonishing, as well as the classical music pieces. Glenn Close, John Malkovich and Michelle Pheifer grace the movie with their excellent performances, as well as Uma Thurman and Keanu Reeves in suprisingly one of their lesser known roles. A scrumptious film about the battle of the sexes.