Quills
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.
4 June 1982, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
6 December 1955, Lambeth, Central London, England, UK
11 October 1969, Brentwood, Essex, England, UK
28 February 1976, Split, Croatia
21 August 1939, London, England, UK
28 October 1974, San Juan, Puerto Rico
6 June 1932, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK
19 October 1992, Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
June 25, 2004
While it is horrible and sordid, it's also witty, fast-paced and intriguing as it explores freedom of expression.
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.
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.
December 22, 2000
A marvelous, saucy romp.
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.
December 22, 2000
The material benefits from a top-rank cast that fleshes out what could seem merely an exercise in philosophy.
December 22, 2000
More heavy-handed than memorable.
June 07, 2010
a conceptual piece about the nature of creativity and questions of art
May 31, 2002
É uma pena que o Oscar, ao contrário de outras premiações, não possua uma categoria de 'Melhor Elenco'.
February 23, 2012
"Quills" is sensational in every sense of the word.
April 01, 2003
You'll swear you can hear a throaty cackle of approval from the hereafter.
