Dangerous Liaisons _Episode 103_ Even God Does Not Forgive_Left to Right: Alice Englert ("Camille"), Nicholas Denton ("Pascal Valmont") Preview — Dangerous Liaisons: Starz Offers a Prelude to a Classic Tale of Love and Revenge

Preview — Dangerous Liaisons: Starz Offers a Prelude to a Classic Tale of Love and Revenge

Lacy Baugher Previews

If you’re familiar with the story of Dangerous Liaisons, it’s probably because of the critically acclaimed 1988 film starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer.

And while the upcoming Starz adaptation of the same name is also based on the characters at the heart of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s famous French epistolary novel, it’s more of a prelude than a strict remake. 

Dangerous Liaisons Episode 101_Left to Right: Lesley Manville (“Madame de Merteuil”), Alice Englert ("Camille") (Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons Episode 101_Left to Right: Lesley Manville (“Madame de Merteuil”), Alice Englert (“Camille”) (Photo: Starz)

The new Starz drama aims to the story of the future Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont when they were still just Camille and Pascal, struggling to survive in the gritty underbelly of Paris. Here, the young duo are very much in love and their relationship has not yet acquired the overtly toxic sheen it will carry during the years in which the feature film is set.

But as the two fight to rise in the world of Parisian society, they’ll scam and scheme and betray one another, using the secrets of those around them to their advantage. 

Check out the photos and promo video below for a preview!

Series description: Dangerous Liaisons is a bold prelude of Laclos’ classic 18th-century novel focusing on the origin story of how his iconic characters, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, met as passionate young lovers in Paris on the eve of the revolution. This modern take on a classic story takes audiences through wonder and terror, beauty and degradation, seduction and deception in pre-revolutionary Paris. Driven to right the wrongs of their past, the young couple’s survival depends on their skills of seduction and manipulation of not only the French nobility but of each other. Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton portray the notorious lovers: Camille who is taken in by the current Marquise de Merteuil (played by Lesley Manville) navigates her own path in a world of men, using the power of secrets to take back control, and Valmont who will stop at nothing to regain his title that was recently taken from him. Their on-again-off-again love story is the heart of the series. It’s not love… it’s war.

Photos from Dangerous Liaisons Episodes 1-4:
Dangerous Liaisons Episode 101_Love or War_Left to Right: Alice Englert ("Camille"), Nicholas Denton ("Pascal Valmont") (Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons Episode 101_Love or War_Left to Right: Alice Englert (“Camille”), Nicholas Denton (“Pascal Valmont”) (Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons Episode 101: Nicholas Denton ("Valmont") (Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons Episode 101: Nicholas Denton (“Valmont”) (Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons _Episode 101_Love or War_Left to Right: Lesley Manville ("Madame de Merteuil"), Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Dangerous Liaisons Episode 101_Love or War_Left to Right: Lesley Manville (“Madame de Merteuil”), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons Episode 101_Love or War_Left to Right: Nicholas Denton ("Pascal Valmont") (Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons Episode 101_Love or War_Left to Right: Nicholas Denton (“Pascal Valmont”) (Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons_Episode 101_Left to Right: Alice Englert ("Camille"), Kosar Ali ("Victoire")
Dangerous Liaisons Episode 101_Left to Right: Alice Englert (“Camille”), Kosar Ali (“Victoire”) (Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons _Episode 101_Love or War_Left to Right: Lesley Manville ("Madame de Merteuil")ngerous Liaisons Season 1 2022
Dangerous Liaisons Episode 101_Love or War_Left to Right: Lesley Manville (“Madame de Merteuil”) (Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons _Episode 101_Love or War_Left to Right: Kosar Ali ("Victoire")
Dangerous Liaisons _Episode 101_Love or War_Left to Right: Kosar Ali (“Victoire”) (Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons _Episode 101_Love or War_Left to Right: Alice Englert ("Camille"), Lesley Manville ("Madame de Merteuil")
Dangerous Liaisons Episode 101_Love or War_Left to Right: Alice Englert (“Camille”), Lesley Manville (“Madame de Merteuil”) (Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons _Episode 102_ Conquer or Die_Left to Right: Kathryn Wilder ("Eloise De Chalon"), Paloma Faith ("Florence")
Dangerous Liaisons Episode 102_ Conquer or Die_Left to Right: Kathryn Wilder (“Eloise De Chalon”), Paloma Faith (“Florence”) (Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons _Episode 102_ Conquer or Die_Left to Right: Alice Enlgert ("Camille")
Dangerous Liaisons _Episode 102_ Conquer or Die_Left to Right: Alice Enlgert (“Camille”) ((Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons _Episode 102_ Conquer or Die_Left to Right: Kosar Ali ("Victoire")
Dangerous Liaisons _Episode 102_ Conquer or Die_Left to Right: Kosar Ali (“Victoire”) (Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons_Episode 101_Left to Right: Alice Englert ("Camille"), Nicholas Denton ("Valmont")
Dangerous Liaisons_Episode 101_Left to Right: Alice Englert (“Camille”), Nicholas Denton (“Valmont”) (Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons _Episode 102_ Conquer or Die_Left to Right: Nicholas Denton ("Pascal Valmont"), Alice Englert ("Camille")
Dangerous Liaisons _Episode 102_ Conquer or Die_Left to Right: Nicholas Denton (“Pascal Valmont”), Alice Englert (“Camille”) (Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons _Episode 103_ Even God Does Not Forgive_Left to Right: Carice Van Houten) ("Jacqueline De Montrachet")
Dangerous Liaisons _Episode 103_ Even God Does Not Forgive_Left to Right: Carice Van Houten) (“Jacqueline De Montrachet”) (Photo: Starz)
Dangerous Liaisons _Episode 103_ Even God Does Not Forgive_Left to Right: Alice Englert ("Camille"), Nicholas Denton ("Pascal Valmont")
Dangerous Liaisons _Episode 103_ Even God Does Not Forgive_Left to Right: Alice Englert (“Camille”), Nicholas Denton (“Pascal Valmont”) (Photo: Starz)
Promo video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osTVupts9ow

 

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Dangerous Liaisons premieres Sunday, November 6 on STARZ. 

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Lacy Baugher is a digital strategist and freelance writer living in Washington, D.C., who’s still hoping that the TARDIS will show up at her door eventually. Favorite things include: Sansa Stark, British period dramas, the Ninth Doctor and whatever Jessica Lange happens to be doing today. Loves to livetweet pretty much anything, and is always looking for new friends to yell about Game of Thrones with on Twitter. Ravenclaw for life.