Rated
R
Runtime 124 min
Ratings
Where to Watch
Hoopla (Free), Amazon Video (Rent), Apple TV (Rent), Google Play Movies (Rent), YouTube (Rent), Fandango At Home (Rent)
Genre Biography, Drama
Release 12/15/00
Actors
Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix
Directors
Philip Kaufman
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 Abbe 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.
Genre Biography, Drama
Release 12/15/00
Actors
Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix
Directors
Philip Kaufman
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 Abbe 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.