Dangerous Liaisons: Love, War & Sexual Deception

At the end of 2022, two adaptations of Choderlos de Laclos’ Dangerous Liaisons were released. Laclos’ novel, which was published in 1782, has been adapted for the screen several times, including the 1988 version (starring John Malkovich and Glenn Close) and the 1999 cult-classic Cruel Intentions (starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe). To see two adaptations in the same year, however, speaks…