Julien de Saint Jean

In a juvenile reform center—a place governed by the prohibition of physical contact—two boys fall in love and break the rules to be together.

Novelist Stéphane Belcourt returns to his hometown for the first time since he grew up. There, he meets Lucas, the son of his secret first love.

After she’s betrayed by the Vicomte de Valmont (Vincent Lacoste), the orphaned and penniless Isabelle Dassonville (Anamaria Vartolomei) is overcome with a desire for revenge. Under the tutelage of the scandalous Rosemonde (Diane Kruger), Isabelle transforms into a virtuoso of manipulation and deceit, embedding herself amongst the libertines as she schemes her way toward an illustrious marquise title – all while confronting demons from her past and troubling feelings for her betrayer. Freely adapted from the novel “Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” The Seduction (Merteuil) follows one woman’s irresistible ascent from rags to Louis XV’s royal court and her impossible daily reckoning between love and freedom.

During their vacation in the French countryside, a wealthy German family becomes entangled with a young hotel worker harboring sinister intentions.