paris, france,smuggling (contraband),asylum,french revolution,based on play or musical,maid,19th century

Quills (2000)

Poster for Quills

Meet the Marquis de Sade. The pleasure is all his.

A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, until a fiercely conservative doctor tries to put an end to the fun.

Cast & Crew

Director
Philip Kaufman
  • Profile picture of Geoffrey Rush
    Marquis de Sade Geoffrey Rush
  • Profile picture of Kate Winslet
    Madeleine LeClerc Kate Winslet
  • Profile picture of Joaquin Phoenix
    Abbe du Coulmier Joaquin Phoenix
  • Profile picture of Michael Caine
    Dr. Royer-Collard Michael Caine
  • Profile picture of Billie Whitelaw
    Madame LeClerc Billie Whitelaw
  • Profile picture of Patrick Malahide
    Delbené Patrick Malahide
  • Profile picture of Amelia Warner
    Simone Amelia Warner
  • Profile picture of Jane Menelaus
    Renee Pelagie Jane Menelaus

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Keywords

  • paris, france
  • smuggling (contraband)
  • asylum
  • french revolution
  • based on play or musical
  • maid
  • 19th century