Build a movie plot around this: Who courts Cecile Danceny
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In 1781 Paris, the Marquise de Merteuil plots revenge against her ex-lover, the Comte de Bastide. To soothe her wounded pride, she seeks to arrange the seduction and disgrace of his virgin fiancee Cecile de Volanges, who has recently been presented to society after spending her formative years in the shelter of a convent.Merteuil calls on her sometime partner, the Vicomte de Valmont, and asks him to seduce Cecile. Valmont declines as he is currently trying to seduce Madame de Tourvel, the wife of a presiding justice who is staying with his wealthy aunt Madame de Rosemonde while her husband is away on a court case.After some persuasion, Valmont reluctantly agrees to ruin Cecile and destroy Bastide's reputation on the condition that Merteuil modify the proposal: should he successfully seduce Tourvel, Merteuil must share her bed with him. Merteuil accepts, but asks that Valmont furnish written proof of the liaison.While visiting Rosemonde's country estate, Valmont attempts to attract Tourvel's attention only to have his advances rebuffed. Valmont then instructs his page to seduce Tourvel's maid and gain access to her private correspondence.Upon learning that Cecile's mother, Madame de Volanges, has warned Tourvel of his untrustworthy nature, Valmont resolves to seduce Cecile as revenge for her mother's denunciation.Meanwhile, Cecile develops a relationship with her music teacher Raphael Danceny, unaware that Merteuil introduced him to Cecile knowing that Danceny came from a poor background and therefore does not qualify in the eyes of her mother as a potential suitor.Valmont's seduction of Cecile is rapid and unsubtle: After gaining access to her bedchamber on a false pretense, he forces himself upon her as she pleads with him to leave. On the pretext of illness Cecile remains locked in her chambers, refusing all visitors. A concerned Madame de Volanges calls upon Merteuil to speak to her. Cecile, naively assuming that Merteuil has her best interests at heart, confides in her. Merteuil advises...