Gefährliche Liebschaften

An epistolary novel from the magnificent salons of the French nobility, published in 1782 shortly before the revolution, and an Oscar-winning blockbuster from the 1980s: in both, sex is used as a means of manipulative power games. We see lovers wavering between calculation and sensation, driven by longing and the impossibility of their desires.

Post-romantic director Sebastian Hartmann uses expressive acting and inventive imagery to reflect love in the 21st century on the Dangerous Liaisons of times gone by.