Dangerous Liaisons

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  • Opened November 9, 2012 (NY, LA)
  • 1 hr 45 min
  • NR

  • 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. Aging socialite Mo Jieyu (Cecilia Cheung) still finds herself circling ex-boyfriend Xie Yifan (Jang Dong-kun). Even after years of separation, their attraction - and appetites - burn just beneath the surface. Mo, the rich and charming widow with a taste for indulgence and sensuous pleasures, still has eyes for famous womanizer Xie, who secretly burns with love for her. And yet, in his luxurious life, Xie's new interest lies in chaste humanitarian Du Fenyu (Ziyi Zhang), who has captured his attention and earned his desire for conquest. Mo lures Xie into a treacherous, dangerous game of hearts: win, bed, and leave Du, proving his mettle as a rogue and impossible catch.
    *Note: In Chinese with English subtitles. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Cecilia Cheung, Jang Dong-gun, Zhang Ziyi, Lisa Lu, Shawn Dou, Candy Wang
  • Director: Hur Jin-Ho
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama

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100
San Francisco Chronicle
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Dangerous Liaisons isn't necessarily a work of art, but it's a guilty pleasure for sure. Read full review

80
Los Angeles Times
| Robert Abele

Visual sumptuousness trumps the coldly erotic dastardliness of previous incarnations, but where this version feasts is on close-ups, with exchanges between pairs of eyes - the predatory versus the hesitant, the manipulatively comforting opposite the blindly vulnerable - that recall the silent era. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
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An interesting twist on a classic plot, Dangerous Liaisons is essentially a deluxe soap opera. But with its beautiful cast and gorgeous production design, it is still a highly enjoyable way to waste two hours. Read full review

70
The New York Times
| Manohla Dargis

Schadenfreude carries a delectable tang no matter the language, and as the history of Hollywood shows, stories about pretty people behaving badly remain reliably alluring. Read full review

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Jang Dong-gun and Zhang Ziyi in "Dangerous Liaisons."