Sade is a 2000 French film directed by Benoît Jacquot, adapted by Jacques Fieschi and Bernard Minoret from the novel La terreur dans le boudoir by Serge Bramly.

Plot

Paris in 1794: After prolonged detention, the Marquis de Sade (Daniel Auteuil), who claims during the hearing to be neither noble nor the author of the novel Justine, is incarcerated with other nobles in a prison which was formerly a monastery in Picpus.

Cast

Production

In her book 'Dire vrai', Isild Le Besco accused Benoît Jacquot of raping her when she was only 16 years old, on the set of this film.

See also

  • Quills (film) was an English-language film covering similar subject matter, released the same year.

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