Merteuil

History

History

To be the hero of your own story, you sometimes have to be the villain in others'. Marquise de Merteuil, betrayed by Valmont, embarks on a daring journey to become Paris' leading courtesan. Drunk with rage, she begin a dizzying ascent, defying all morals and power, from libertine underworlds to the court of Louis XV. At the end of her struggle for freedom, a heartbreaking choice awaits her between love and vengeance. Freely adapted from the novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, a thrilling exploration of the price of emotional and sexual freedom in a world where women had little.