This document summarizes a film analysis activity completed by Spanish students. It includes a technical summary of the 1998 film "Dangerous Liaisons" in English, descriptions of 3 main characters, a discussion of representative locations of the time period depicted in the film, and responses to several questions about the characters and themes.

1. AMISTATS
PERILLOSES
Claudia Turrión Martínez
Dàmaris León Moreno
Antoni Lunar Martínez i
Jorge Toribio Mas
4t ESO B

2. ACTIVITATS:
1.-You’ve got the technical details of the film in Valencià.
Translate it into English, so you can learn/revise the basic
vocabulary related to audiovisual productions.
Duration: 119 min.
Nationality: United Kingdom and EEUU.
Year: 1998 (color)
Direction: Stephen FREARS.
Producer: WARNER BROS.
Producer: NORMA HEYMAN AND HANK MOONJEAN.
Script: CHRISTOPHER HAMPTOM.
(Based on the work of Choderlos of Laclos).
Photography: P.Rousselot.
Assembly: MICK AUDSLEY.
Music: GEORGE FENTON.
Artistic Direction: STUART CRAIG AND GÉRARD JAMES.
Movie Costumes: James Acheson.

3. 2.-Write about 3 of the main characters (Madame de Marteuil,
Viscount of Valmont, Madame de Tourvel, and Cecile de
Volanges). Include their physical and personality description.
-Viscount of Valmont:
The Viscount of Valmont is a viscount. Fisicaly is short, black
hair, brown eyes and thin. He is lover of the Madame de
Tourvel.
-Madame de Merteuil:
She is a marquise. The madame has blond hair, blue eyes,
white skin and is short. She takes advantage of the best of all
things and all people.
-Cecile de Volanges:
She is a young girl that is daughter of Madame of Tourvel. She
fisicaly look beautiful, with blond hair, blue eyes and white skin.
3.-Write a description of the most representative locations of
the age, like the lounges (living rooms, the bedrooms or the
gardens.
The gardens are the most representative locations of the age.
On the gardens, there were a lot of grass and each garden
there have his characteristic form, one was square, and other
was rectangular… And the gardens are very big.
4.-Do you think that they are genuine people? What do Mme
de Merteuil and the Viscount of Valmont use to dress up in
front of the people? Which physical or material elements do
they use to build their social identity?
We think that they aren't genuine people, because they talk
lies each moment. Mme of Merteuil and Viscount of Valmont
wanted to be unique people, exclusive. These two, like wear
expensive clothes. They follow fashions using materials as the

4. white make-up, the jewels and corsets. For these things, they
were very important people.
5.-In the film you can find people who aren’t what they are
supposed to be. The society of that age was based on rules,
conventions and traditions which stopped people from being
what they really were. What means do they use to get those
objectives? Are they really happy?
We think that all these people not supposed to be who is in
society because they must be as all persons without breaking
the rules or characters then established.
6- Quina dona de les que hi apareixen a la pel·lícula et
sembla més moderna, més atrevida, més d’acord a l’esperit
del Segle de les Llums reflectit a l’expressió Sapere aude?
Madame de Merteuil, Madame de Tourvel, Cécile de
Volanges, sa mare…? Justifica la teua resposta.
La dona més atrevida i més d’acord amb el segle XVIII, la
podria reflectir l’expressió “Sapere Aude” podríem dir que és
Madame de Merteuil, perquè és una dona molt independent,
lliure de pensament, no deixa que ningú prenga qualsevol
decisió per ella.
7-Diríeu que Mme de Tourvel és una persona “major d’edat”
d’acord a l’ètica de Kant? Hi ha algun canvi en aquesta
situació al llarg de la pel·lícula? Justifica detingudament la
teua resposta utilitzant els teus coneixements.
Diríem que Madame de Tourvel no seria major d’edat ja que
no fa el que ella realment vol ni expressa els seus sentiments,
però al llarg de la pel·lícula hem pogut observar que canvia
de forma de pensar y si que podria ser una persona major
d’edat ja que fa per fi el que volia.

5. 8-La pel·lícula és una crítica a la moral i els costums de
l’aristocràcia durant el segle XVIII. Elabora tú aquesta crítica.
Un element molt important és l’escena final de Mme de
Merteuil, el desenllaç de Valmont, etc.
Al segle 18, el de les llums, les persones volien ser vistes com a
persones que mai pecaven o feien cap mal, ja que era molt
important el que deia la gent de eixa persona, per això
vegem a Madame de Merteuil que quant s’adona de que
tots els del seu voltant no la volen o la despresien s’enfada
molt amb ella mateixa.

6. DANGEROUS
LIAISONS.
TECHNICAL:
Duration: 119 min.
Nationality: United Kingdom and EEUU.
Year: 1998 (color)
Direction: Stephen FREARS.
Producer: WARNER BROS.
Producer: NORMA HEYMAN AND HANK MOONJEAN.
Script: CHRISTOPHER HAMPTOM.
(Based on the work of Choderlos of Laclos).
Photography: P.Rousselot.
Assembly: MICK AUDSLEY.
Music: GEORGE FENTON.
Artistic Direction: STUART CRAIG AND GÉRARD JAMES.
Movie Costumes: James Acheson.