Dangerous Liaisons (2012 film)

Dangerous Liaisons (Chinese: 危險關係) is a 2012 Chinese period romance drama film by Hur Jin-ho loosely based on the 1782 novel with the same title by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. The novel has been adapted numerous times, including Les Liaisons dangereuses, an adaptation by Roger Vadim (1959), the eponymous Hollywood film (1988), Valmont (1989), Cruel Intentions (1999), and Untold Scandal from South Korea (2003).

Dangerous Liaisons
Directed byHur Jin-ho
Screenplay byYan Geling
Based onLes Liaisons dangereuses
by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Produced byChen Weiming
StarringZhang Ziyi
Jang Dong-gun
Cecilia Cheung
CinematographyKim Byeong-seo
Edited byNam Na-yeong
Music byJo Seong-woo
Distributed byZonbo Media
Release dates
  • May 24, 2012 (2012-05-24) (Cannes - Directors' Fortnight)
  • September 27, 2012 (2012-09-27) (China)
  • October 11, 2012 (2012-10-11) (South Korea)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
BudgetCN¥150 million
₩40 billion
US$24.2 million

This version is set in 1930s Shanghai and stars South Korean actor Jang Dong-gun and Chinese actresses Zhang Ziyi and Cecilia Cheung.

The film screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, and the 2012 Busan International Film Festival.

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