Quills is a 2000 historical drama film directed by Philip Kaufman and adapted from the Obie award-winning 1995 play by Doug Wright, who also wrote the original screenplay. Inspired by Marquis de Sade, the film re-imagines the last years of the Marquis's incarceration in the insane asylum at Charenton. It stars Geoffrey Rush as de Sade, Kate Winslet as laundress Madeleine "Maddie" LeClerc, Joaquin Phoenix as the Abbé de Coulmier, and Michael Caine as Dr. Royer-Collard.

Quills (2000)
Directed by Philip Kaufman
Genres - Biography, Drama, Mature |
Sub-Genres - Biographical Film, Erotic Thriller, LGBT-Related Film |
Release Date - Dec 15, 2000 |
Run Time - 124 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - R
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Official Site
Budget
$13,500,000
Box Office
$17,989,227
Themes
Tags
$, 19th Century, Art, Art/Music, Asylum, De Sade, French Revolution, Independent, Lgbtq, Maid, Marquis, True Stories
Attributes
Filming Location: London, Pinewood Studios
Narrative Location: France
Subject: Marquis de Sade
Narrative Location: France
Subject: Marquis de Sade
Alternate Titles
Contos Proibidos do Marquês de Sade
BR
Düşlerin efendisi
TR
La plume et le sang
CA
Letras prohibidas, la leyenda del Marqués de Sade
AR, MX
Marchizul de Sade
RO
Markii de Sade'i mängud
EE
Otrovno pero Marquisea de Sadea
HR
Pene
RO
Pero
RS
Quills
AU, CA, DK, IN, ID, ES, GB, US
Quills - As Penas do Desejo
PT
Quills - La penna dello scandalo
IT
Quills - Macht der Besessenheit
DE
Quills - Syntiset säkeet
FI
Quills, i pena tis amartias
GR
Quills, la plume et le sang
FR
Quills: Η πένα της αμαρτίας
GR
Sade márki játékai
HU
Skandalingoji plunksna
LT
Skandalozno pero
SI
Zatrute pióro
PL
Историята на маркиз дьо Сад
BG
Пір'я маркіза де Сада
UA
Перо маркиза де Сада
RU
クイルズ
JP
鵝毛筆
TW