OPENING ON MAX IN 2025.

MERTEUIL

| 2025 – 6 x 52′ – Season 1 – Series – Drama Romance, Period & History
Created and Written by: Jean-Baptiste Delafon.
Based on the Book by: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.
Directed by: Jessica Palud.
Starring: Anamaria Vartolomei, Diane Kruger, Vincent Lacoste, Lucas Bravo, Noé Abita, Julien de Saint-Jean, Patrick d’Assumçao, Fantine Harduin.
In English and in French with English subtitles.
A Max Original release. |

A prequel to “Dangerous Liaisons” following the rise to power of the young Isabelle de Merteuil, played by Anamaria Vartolomei (Happening, The Count of Monte Cristo, Being Maria) and directed by Jessica Palud (Being Maria). To be the hero of your own story, you sometimes have to be the villain in others’. Marquise de Merteuil, betrayed by Valmont, embarks on a daring journey to become Paris’ leading courtesan. Freely adapted from the novel ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, a thrilling exploration of the price of emotional & sexual freedom — in a world where women had little.