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Quills
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In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor. This historical drama examines how much controversy he could cause even under repressive circumstances.
In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor. This historical drama examines how much controversy he could cause even under repressive circumstances.
Actors:
Mathew Fraser,
Michael Jenn,
Ivana Basic,
Bridget McConnell,
Kate Winslet,
Toby Sawyer,
Edward Tudor-Pole,
Ron Cook,
Stephen Marcus,
Rebecca Palmer,
Diana Morrison,
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Mathew Fraser
19 October 1992, Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK
Michael Jenn
Ivana Basic
28 February 1976, Split, Croatia
Bridget McConnell
Kate Winslet
5 October 1975, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Toby Sawyer
27 March 1969, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, UK
Edward Tudor-Pole
6 December 1955, Lambeth, Central London, England, UK
Ron Cook
1948, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Stephen Marcus
18 June 1962, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
Rebecca Palmer
Diana Morrison
Director:
Philip Kaufman
Philip Kaufman
23 October 1936, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Country:
United States, United Kingdom
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December 08, 2002
Kaufman and writer Doug Wright (adapting his own play) infuse the film with a decadent playfulness befitting a film about the Marquis.
June 24, 2006
It pokes at sexual taboos - it's pretty subversive, considering - but sexuality and creativity are indelibly linked, and its true subject is expression, repression and catharsis.
May 31, 2002
É uma pena que o Oscar, ao contrário de outras premiações, não possua uma categoria de 'Melhor Elenco'.
Associated Press
December 22, 2000
The material benefits from a top-rank cast that fleshes out what could seem merely an exercise in philosophy.
April 01, 2003
You'll swear you can hear a throaty cackle of approval from the hereafter.
February 08, 2011
Kaufman's biopic of the notorious Marquis de Sade is sharply uneven, serious, poignant, trashy, sleazy and sensationslist, marred by over-the-top turn from Geoffrey Rush.
February 23, 2012
"Quills" is sensational in every sense of the word.
Philadelphia Inquirer
December 22, 2000
More heavy-handed than memorable.
June 25, 2004
While it is horrible and sordid, it's also witty, fast-paced and intriguing as it explores freedom of expression.
New York Magazine/Vulture
May 21, 2001
Quills, about the marquis de Sade, is a voluptuous impasto. Everything in it -- the colors, the locations, the people -- seems swirled with a mixture of decadence and grace.
June 07, 2010
a conceptual piece about the nature of creativity and questions of art
Miami Herald
December 22, 2000
A marvelous, saucy romp.