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Step-siblings Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillippe) engage in a high-stakes bet involving the seduction of the headmaster’s daughter, Annette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon). Index Of Cruel Intentions
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