Quills

Quills

124 mins | Drama | Nov. 22, 2000

A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, until a fiercely conservative doctor tries to put an end to the fun.

Quills

124 mins | Drama | Nov. 22, 2000

Quills
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, until a fiercely conservative doctor tries to put an end to the fun.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Fox Searchlight Pictures, Industry Entertainment, Walrus & Associates, Hollywood Partners, Charenton Productions
Original title Quills
Directors Richard Styles, Mari Roberts, Olivia Lloyd, Matthew Penry-Davey, Deborah Saban, Toby Hefferman, Sally Jones, Vic Armstrong, Philip Kaufman
Writers Doug Wright

Cast

Geoffrey Rush

as Marquis de Sade

Kate Winslet

as Madeleine LeClerc

Joaquin Phoenix

as Abbe du Coulmier

Michael Caine

as Dr. Royer-Collard

Billie Whitelaw

as Madame LeClerc

Patrick Malahide

as Delbené

Amelia Warner

as Simone

Jane Menelaus

as Renee Pelagie

Stephen Moyer

as Prouix

Tony Pritchard

as Valcour

Michael Jenn

as Cleante

Danny Babington

as Pitou

George Antoni

as Dauphin

Stephen Marcus

as Bouchon

Elizabeth Berrington

as Charlotte

Edward Tudor-Pole

as Franval

Harry Jones

as Orvolle

Bridget McConnell

as Madame Bougival

Pauline McLynn

as Mademoiselle Clairwil

Rebecca Palmer

as Michette

Toby Sawyer

as Louison

Daniel Ainsleigh

as Guerin

Alex Avery

as Abbe du Maupas

Terry O'Neill

as Gaillon

Diana Morrison

as Mademoiselle Renard

Carol MacReady

as Sister Noirceuil

Tom Ward

as The Horseman

Ron Cook

as Napoleon

Julian Tait

as Pawnbroker

Deborah Vale

as Sister Rose Fatima

Tessa Vale

as Sister Flavie

Howard Lew Lewis

as First Vendor

Andrew Dunford

as Second Vendor

Lisa Hammond

as Prostitute

Mathew Fraser

as Lunatic Band Member

Jamie Beddard

as Lunatic at Play