In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 18 wins & 45 nominations total
George Antoni
- Dauphin
- (as George Yiasoumi)
Bridget McConnell
- Madame Bougival
- (as Bridget McConnel)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaGeoffrey Rush's real-life wife, Jane Menelaus, played de Sade's wife.
- GoofsWhen guillotining someone, a wooden piece called a lunette is placed above the neck so the condemned can't move it. No lunette was used in the opening scene.
- Quotes
Marquis de Sade: Why should I love God? He strung up his only son like a side of veal. I shudder to think what he'd do to me.
- SoundtracksAu clair de la lune
Written by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Featured review
Interesting...
This was a good movie, but I thought it had somewhat of an unsatisfsying ending (well, to me anyway). Sad too. It moves nicely, though and you don't want to be interrupted. It can get rather graphic at times, but that's mainly because of the subject material, I guess. Geoffrey Rush is brilliant.He has a real knack for bringing strange and twisted characters to life. Michael Caine is doing his usual job of being superb as well. Every new role Kate Winslet performs is different from the previous and she excels every time. She expresses emotion very well. And my goodness, Joaquin Phoenix. I wouldn't say that I was ever a *fan* of his, but damn, now I am. If there was ever a performance that just made me melt, this was it. The restrained emotions and frustration of unfulfilled desires of his character were just performed brilliantly. This guy's an amazing actor.
- thechosen1
- Apr 15, 2005
- Permalink
- How long is Quills?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Пір'я маркіза де Сада
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $13,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,065,332
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $249,383
- Nov 26, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $17,989,227
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content