Quills

Release Date:

Sep 2, 2000

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

2:03

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Philip Kaufman

Cast:

Geoffrey Rush	The Marquis de Sade
Kate Winslet	Madeleine
Joaquin Phoenix	Coulmier
Michael Caine	Dr. Royer-Collard
Billie Whitelaw	Madame LeClerc
Patrick Malahide	Delbené
Amelia Warner	Simone
Jane Menelaus	Renee Pelagie
Stephen Moyer	Prouix

Producers:

Julia Chasman , Mark Huffam , Peter Kaufman , Des McAnuff , Sandra Schulberg , Nick Wechsler , Rudulf Wiesmeier

Writers:

Doug Wright

Language:

English

Official Website:

http://www.quillsmovie.com/

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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 10 years of his life. The Marquis de Sade befriends the director of the asylum and shares affections with the asylum laundress. When a doctor is sent in to cure the Marquis of his supposed madness, the Marquis's rebellious character only grows stronger.

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