What is fresh is that it depicts Laclos's cynical lecher Valmont as apparently sincere.

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There is a lovely post-credits shot as the Mme de Merteuil figure (Valmont's opposite number in cunning and deceit) pats her stomach bearing the now visible reward for her chicanery.

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