Cruel Intentions
Cruel Intentions is a 1999 American teen romantic drama film written and directed by Roger Kumble and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair. The film is a modern retelling of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 1782 novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, set in New York City among rich high schoolers.
Plot
In an upscale New York City mansion, wealthy, popular and intelligent teenager Kathryn Merteuil discusses her private school with Mrs. Caldwell and her daughter, Cecile, who will be starting as a Freshman at the school soon. Kathryn promises Mrs. Caldwell that she will look out for the sheltered, naïve Cecile. When Kathryn's stepbrother Sebastian Valmont enters the room, Mrs. Caldwell reacts to him coldly and leaves with Cecile.
More details
| author | Roger Kumble |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Roger Kumble |
| editor | Jeff Freeman |
| events | cabal high society human sexuality incest role virginity |
| genre | drama romance |
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| musicBy | Edward Shearmur |
| producer | Neal H. Moritz |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures Newmarket Capital Group Original Film |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| recordedAt | Long Island New York City Toronto |
| theme | romantic drama |