Billie Whitelaw, Geoffrey Rush, Joaquin Phoenix

Based on historical fact of the Napoleonic Era, the notorious Marquis de Sade continues to write about the pain of love and the love of pain while banished to a secluded Paris asylum. A young, idealis...( read more  read more... )tic priest endeavors to save his soul but instead is distracted by de Sade's luscious maid. The asylum director Dr. Royce-Collard vows to cure de Sade, by any means possible.

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R, 2 hrs. 4 min.

Directed by: Philip Kaufman

Release Date: December 25, 2000

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DVD Release Date: May 8, 2001

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  • September 22, 2008
    Insane, the man was insane...
  • June 20, 2008
    The Marquis de Sade was without a doubt one of God's most villainous creatures...
    Geoffrey Rush is scandalously good giving such a luminous, gleeful and flamboyant performance...all the while portraying an otherwise depraved and reprehensible being...
    Although it's impossible t...( read more)o approve of him in the slightest, he makes us feel guilty for even watching the film, and evokes a certain measure of envy from us in that he lived taking all the chances, all the opportunites and reaping all the gifts and all the benefits that were laid bare to him...he achieved everything he possibly could...a feat we only wish we could achieve ourselves...
    And despite the fact that his achievement is as reprehensible as his very being, still does not entirely obscure the fact that his spirit was indomitable and his tenacity courageous...
    You know you've made your mark when a word--"sadism"--is named after you...
  • February 9, 2008
    Quite disturbing, and quite great.
  • February 2, 2008
    a masterpiece, I'd watch it over and over
  • January 8, 2008
    great movie, joaquin at his finest, rush at his sluttiest
  • November 22, 2009
    Leí algo de la obra del Marqués de Sade al inicio de la década... ¡Pero la curiosidad mata al gato! Wanna see this movie.
  • November 20, 2009
    :) good movie this one ....
  • November 16, 2009
    This movie looks good. Kate Winslet's great.
  • October 3, 2009
    Historical period piece.
  • October 2, 2009
    Death Kiss...After one of the asylum's laundry girls, Madeleine (Kate Winslet) was attacked and killed by one of the inmates of the Charenton Asylum for the Insane, her body was discovered - and put on display with a very filmy cloth over it; the asylum's head priest Coulmier (Jo...( read more)aquin Phoenix) pulled back the sheet and started to kiss and fondle her naked body - he appeared to want to make love to her, climbed on top of her -- and then was startled when her eyes opened; she kissed him and held him as they started to make love, until a pounding at the door awakened him from his dream

Critic Reviews


December 15, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Kaufman ... finds a tone that remains more entertaining than depressing, more absorbing than alarming. full review

January 1, 2000
David Edelstein, Slate

The dramatic case is too settled, the narrative trajectory too smug, the view of the transgressive artist too naive. full review

January 1, 2000
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

It's an unapologetic dazzler, which is why it's never overwhelmed by its themes. full review

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