National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Cedar Lee - Anatolia

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre.

Among the glittering salons of the super-rich, patriarchy equals power, reputation is everything – and for women, one misstep can mean ruin.

Marquise de Merteuil, master in the art of survival, wields her influence with intelligence and control. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.

Lesley Manville (Oedipus, Phantom Thread) and Aidan Turner (Rivals) lead the company in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s (The Father) celebrated adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos’ classic novel – a thrilling game of love, lies and social warfare, directed by Marianne Elliott (Angels in America).

Genre: Drama
Director: Marianne Elliott
Cast: Aidan Turner, Lesley Manville, Monica Barbaro
Runtime: 3 hours 7 minutes

We’ll meet in the lobby after the film, then walk together to the nearby restaurant for lunch.