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.
When was quills filmed?
2000
Is Quills based on a true story?
Although there are some historical characters in Quills, it is certainly not the true story of the final days of de Sade as a prisonier de marque at the Charenton Asylum. Quills might be best described as a fictional version of the Marquis de Sade's demise as the Marquis himself might have written it.
What year is Quills set in?
In 1801, at 61, after 27 years spent in various prisons, he is sealed up in the insane asylum at Charenton. There he finds a sympathetic friend in the Abbe Coulmier (Joaquin Phoenix), a priest who thinks the Marquis should continue to write, perhaps to purge himself of his noxious fantasies.
Where can I see Quills?
You are able to stream Quills by renting or purchasing on Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, Vudu, and iTunes.