Quills

Story of the Marquis de Sade's long imprisonment at the Chartenton Asylum for the Insane. Escaping execution during the French Revolution, Sade is given preferential treatment at Chartenton and allowed to write. But after his book "Justine" is smuggled out of the asylum and published in Paris, torturer Royer-Collard is sent to discipline the unruly writer.

Rating

NA

Release Year

2000

Duration

02:04

Genres

Drama, Thriller

Director

Phillip Kauffman

Cast

Billie Whitelaw, Geoffrey Rush, Joaquin Phoenix