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New York City, December 1999. The millennium is looming, but inside the penthouse of Sebastian Valmont, time is stuck in an endless loop of champagne, cocaine, and casual destruction. Sebastian (28, beautiful in a ruined way) lounges in a silk robe, reading his late father’s leather-bound copy of Les Liaisons dangereuses . Across from him, his step-sister, Kathryn Merteuil (27, blonde, razor-sharp, wearing a cashmere twin-set as armor), sips a martini and smiles.

R for strong language, some violence, and mature themes.

“I don’t deserve forgiveness,” he says.

The collateral damage? A naive, innocent sophomore named Cecile Caldwell (Selma Blair), whom Kathryn is already manipulating to ruin her ex-boyfriend. cruel intentions -1999-

(Reese Witherspoon), daughter of their new headmaster, before the school year begins. If he fails, Kathryn gets his prized Jaguar; if he succeeds, he wins a night with Kathryn. Key Highlights & Legacy Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sebastian leans forward. “And if I win?”

The story follows wealthy step-siblings (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillippe), who amuse themselves by manipulating those around them. New York City, December 1999

She walks out.

Sebastian begins his campaign. He does not flirt. He listens. He finds Annette in the library, where she is tutoring a struggling freshman. He sits down and asks for help with Voltaire. She is suspicious at first, but his act is flawless: humble, curious, wounded. He confesses that his reputation is a mask—his father abandoned him, his mother remarries every two years, and he has never known real intimacy.

Annette turns to him. Her eyes are tired but not closed. “Then don’t be. But not for me. For you.” Across from him, his step-sister, Kathryn Merteuil (27,

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Released in 1999, Cruel Intentions transformed Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s 1782 novel Les Liaisons dangereuses

“The cruelest intentions are often the most honest. The kindest hearts, the most dangerous.”