The Libertine on ohjaaja Laurence Dunmoren ohjaama draamaelokuva, jonka ensi-ilta oli vuonna 2004. Sen pääosissa ovat Johnny Depp ja Samantha Morton.The Libertine kertoo tositapahtumiin pohjautuen 1600-luvulla eläneen Rochesterin jaarli John Wilmotin elämästä ja kuolemasta. Nihilistinen Wilmot tuli tunnetuksi lahjakkaana kirjoittajana, jonka uraa paheelliset elämäntavat varjostivat. Elämänsä aikana Wilmot virui Towerin linnassa, häpäisi Englannin kuninkaan, kirjoitti rivoja runoja, käytti ylenmääräisesti alkoholia ja harrasti runsaasti seksiä molempien sukupuolien edustajien kanssa, kunnes kuoli 33-vuotiaana syfilikseen.
1700-luvun Lontoo. Persoudestaan nautinnolle ja uhkapelille kuulu Casanova saapuu Pariisista, pakotetettuna maanpakoon. Uudessa kaupungissa elostelija kohtaa nuoren prostituoidun, Marianne de Charpillonin. Tyttö viehättää legendaarista viettelijää siinä määrin, että hän jättää muut naiset huomioimatta, ollen valmis tekemään mitä tahansa tämän eteen.
Casanova is a libertine, collecting seductions and sexual feats. But he is really interested in someone, and is he really an interesting person? Is he really alive?
Through the childhood and adolescence of Signor Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a description of how people lived in 18th-century Venice: their customs, habits, medicine, religion, and--most of all--the omnipresence of hypocrisy.
A young libertine after a series of love affairs, to escape the wrath of the betrayed husband disguises himself as a monk and hides in a convent where one immediately realizes how much his presence is very welcome.
Comedy in five acts by Beaumarchais, filmed by Marcel Bluwal in studio and on location. The cast, in accordance with Marcel Bluwal's wishes, is in keeping with the age and character of the characters, to give it rhythm. At once "a comic baroque play, a bourgeois drama, a chansonnier's number, a social satire, a farce and a very pretty love story" according to Marcel Bluwal, it can also be summed up, according to Beaumarchais, as "the most bantering of intrigues".
This telefilm in black and white is diffused on the first French chain the November 6th 1965. It undoubtedly remains the most known adaptation of the Dom Juan of Molière.
Well known for its exploration of seduction and revenge, the “Dangerous Liaisons” by Choderlos de Laclos caused a scandal from its first publication in 1782. Despite – or because of the scandal – the book was a top-seller. Since then, it stood the test of time. Combining eras, continents and people, the novel is adapted around the world. Marvelous tool for reflection on the female condition, social satire announcing the Revolution, remarkable work on the conflicting nature of love but also of the gender war, consecration of the power of the words, a libertine manual… “Dangerous Liaisons” is all of these at once.
