Geoffrey Rush
The Marquis de Sade
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Quills is a 2000 period film directed by Philip Kaufman and adapted from the Obie award -winning 1995 play by Doug Wright, who also wrote the original screenplay. [4] Inspired by the life and work of the Marquis de Sade, Quills re-imagines the last years of the Marquis's incarceration in the insane asylum at Charenton.
Dec 15, 2000 · A film based on the life and works of the infamous French writer, imprisoned in a Napoleonic era insane asylum. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards, and more on IMDb, the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content.
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Find out how and where to watch "Quills" online on Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+ today – including 4K and free options.
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A fictional work that reconstructs the unknown fate of the Marquis de Sade, the writer and sexual deviant who was imprisoned in an insane asylum for the last...
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- Philip Kaufman
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- Geoffrey Rush
Dec 15, 2000 · A historical drama that depicts the last years of the notorious French writer in an asylum, where he defies his censors and tormentors with his erotic fantasies. Geoffrey Rush stars as de Sade, who uses his body and mind as his canvas, and Kate Winslet as his muse.
Quills is a historical drama about the Marquis de Sade, a notorious French writer imprisoned in a Napoleonic era insane asylum. He smuggles his erotic stories to a publisher through a laundress, while facing the opposition of a prudish doctor and a sadistic emperor.
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Woot! Geoffrey Rush stars in this darkly provocative thriller about the imagined final days of the lascivious Marquis de Sade and his battles with those who seek to silence his writings.
