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Original title: Merteuil
Director: Jessica Palud
Cast: Anamaria Vartolomei Diane Kruger Lucas Bravo Vincent Lacoste Fantine Harduin Patrick d'Assumçao
Genre: Drama History
Premiere: November 14, 2025
Seasons: 1 · Episodes: 6
Running time: 44 min
Country: France
Network: HBO Max
Status: Ongoing

The Seduction (known as Merteuil in France) is a French television series created by Jean-Baptiste Delafon, based on Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses. It stars Anamaria Vartolomei, Diane Kruger, Vincent Lacoste, and Lucas Bravo. The series is both a prequel and a loose adaptation of the plot of the novel, and follows Isabelle de Merteuil (Vartolomei) as she is trying to get revenge on Vicomte de Valmont (Lacoste) after he betrayed her.

The series production was announced by HBO Max in September 2024 with Nabi Productions and Felicita Films serving as producers. Filming took place mainly in Val-d'Oise between September and December 2024. Originally announced as a Max Original, it was rebranded as an HBO Original in October 2025.

The Seduction premiered in France and internationally on 14 November 2025 on HBO Max's HBO hub. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 69 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

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The Seduction is a series (2025–…) from France. Genre: drama, history. Directed by Jessica Palud. Starring Anamaria Vartolomei, Diane Kruger, Lucas Bravo, Vincent Lacoste and Fantine Harduin. The series has 1 season and 6 episodes. Rating: 7.8/10.

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