Quills

(2000)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 745 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2000

Runtime: 124 мин

Country: Germany, United Kingdom

Director: Philip Kaufman

Cast: Джеффри Раш, Кейт Уинслет, Хоакин Феникс, Майкл Кейн, Билли Уайтлоу, Патрик Мэлахайд, Амелия Уорнер, Jane Menelaus, Стивен Мойер, Tony Pritchard

Plot

In early 19th-century France, the Marquis de Sade is confined to an asylum where his forbidden writings continue to circulate beyond its walls. As the authorities tighten control, a clash unfolds between the Marquis’ unyielding imagination, the reformist ideals of the Abbé in charge, and the repressive measures of a doctor sent to silence him. Desire, power, and censorship collide in a battle over freedom of expression.

The infamous writer, the Marquis de Sade of eighteenth century France, is imprisoned at Charenton Insane Asylum for unmentionable activities. He manages to befriend the young Abbé de Coulmier, who runs the asylum, along with a beautiful laundress named Madeline. Things go terribly wrong when the Abbé finds out that the Marquis' books are being secretly published. Emperor Napoleon contemplates sending Dr. Royer-Collard to oversee the asylum, a man famed for his torturous punishments. It could mean the end of Charenton and possibly the Marquis.