Film Synopsis
In 1794, at the height of the Terror, the Marquis de Sade is
transferred from the grim prison of Saint-Lazare to a maison de
santé run by Coignard, who allows privileges for those who are
able to pay for them. For more than twenty years, Sade, now in
his fifties, has been regularly incarcerated for his debauched
indiscretions. Despite his pro-revolutionary leanings, he wins no
favours from the new regime as Robespierre attempts to bring about a
new moral order in France.
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Film Credits
- Director: Benoît Jacquot
- Script: Serge Bramly (novel), Jacques Fieschi, Bernard Minoret
- Cinematographer: Benoît Delhomme
- Music: Francis Poulenc
- Cast: Daniel Auteuil (Marquis de Sade),
Marianne Denicourt (Sensible),
Jeanne Balibar (Mme Santero),
Grégoire Colin (Fournier),
Isild Le Besco (Emilie de Lancris),
Jean-Pierre Cassel (Le vicomte de Lancris),
Philippe Duquesne (Coignard),
Vincent Branchet (Chevalier de Coublier),
Raymond Gérôme (Président de Maussane),
Jalil Lespert (Augustin),
Dominique Reymond (Madame de Lancris),
Sylvie Testud (Renée de Sade),
François Levantal (Latour),
Frédérique Tirmont (Mme d'Amblet),
Daniel Martin (M. Santero),
Monique Couturier (Duchesse Villars-Brancas),
Scali Delpeyrat (Robespierre),
Léo Le Bevillon (Charles)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Support: Color
- Runtime: 106 min