Dangerous Liaisons

Dangerous Liaisons is a 2012 Chinese film directed by Hur Jin-ho. At the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, the film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section, as did the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and the 2012 Busan International Film Festival. The film is based on Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.

This version is set in 1930s Shanghai and stars Jang Dong-gun of South Korea and Zhang Ziyi and Cecilia Cheung of China. Jang Dong-gun takes on the role of Xie Yifan (Valmont). At a charity ball for refugees from the Japanese-occupied Northeast in Shanghai in the 1930s, the glamorous entrepreneur and libertine MoJieyu strikes a deal with her ex-lover, the devastatingly handsome playboy Xie Yifan, to exact revenge on her most recent lover. But Xie has his sights set on something else, and as the stakes rise, the game becomes dangerous for everyone involved. This is also the plot of the film.

Detailed information:
Directed by: Hur Jin-ho
Starring: Zhang Ziyi, Jang Dong-gun, Cecilia Cheung
Release date: May 24, 2012
Running time: 110 minutes