Sade Movie Review 2000

Director Jacquot takes a low-key approach to a short period in the life of the notorious Marquis de Sade (Auteuil). In 1794, the fiftyish Sade (Auteuil), who's depicted as a manipulative bon vivant rather than a sexual libertine, is one of many aristocrats imprisoned at a former convent called Picpus during the Reign of Terror. His relatively luxurious abode is thanks to the machinations of a former mistress he's nicknamed Sensible (Denicourt), which she is since she's now under the protection of Fournier (Colin), one of Robespierre's men. Sade enjoys his situation by staging sexual tableaus and plotting the seduction of virginal teen Emilie (Le Besco) by handsome gardener Augustin (Lespert). (All to save her life of course.) Based on the novel "La Terreur du Boudoir" by Serge Bramly. French with subtitles.

Distribution

Wellspring Media, A Division of Genius Products, Inc., 2230 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90904, Phone: (310)453-1222, Fax: (310)453-0074, URL: http://www.wellspring.com

Available on DVD
Running time 100 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 18th Century, France, Men in Prison, This Is Your Life, The First Time

Screenplay

Jacques Fieschi, Bernard Minoret

Cast

Daniel Auteuil, Marianne (Cuau) Denicourt, Gregoire Colin, Islid Le Besco, Jeanne Balibar, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jalil Lespert

Cinematography

Benoit Delhomme

Director

Benoit Jacquot

Other

Dominique Gaborieau, Michel Vionnet, Luc Barnier, Sylvain Chauvelot, Christian Gasc

Producer

Patrick Godeau, TF-1 Films, Alicelio, Cofimage 11, Empire Pictures