Quills


Based on the last years of the life of the notorious pornographic novelist, the Marquis de Sade, the film plays much like one of his stories, full of rich language, the odd bits of sex and some gruesome violence. The Marquis is imprisoned in a lunatic asylum, but still succeeds in smuggling out manuscripts with the help of an infatuated chamber maid, much to the annoyance of his jailer, the abbe, and Napoleon. Napoleon orders an ''assistant'' to go to the asylum to ''help'' the abbe with his problems. The assistant is a cruel and sadistic ''doctor'' who specialises in barbaric ''cures'' for the mentally ill. The Marquis naturally becomes his most important patient...


122 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Sex, Nudity, Violence, Prejudice) .
Drama, Sex

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Your ear wax is resisting my tongue...
Your ear wax is resisting my tongue...

Credits

Cast
Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Malahide, Amelia Warner, Jane Menelaus, Stephen Moyer, Tony Pritchard, Michael Jenn, Danny Babington
Director
Philip Kaufman
ScreenplayDoug Wright
MusicStephen Warbeck
CinematographyRogier Stoffers
Sound formatsDolby Digital
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2000
Produced byFox Searchlight Pictures, Hollywood Partners, Industry Entertainment, Walrus & Associates

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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Movies for Africa
Ian Douglas
8
Cape Argus
Derek Wilson
10
The Cape Times
Christopher Rodrigues
10
The Star
Janine Walker
6
Die Burger
Francois Smith
10
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
15
SA City Life
Tony Jackman
15
SAfm Screen & Co
Alan Swerdlow
10
eye Weekly
Catharine Tunnacliffe
10
Box Office
Annlee Ellingson
13
Total Film
Alan Morrison
15
Film Review
Lórien Haynes
20
Uncut
Nick Hasted
15
Empire
Ian Nathan
10

What the People say

Internet
879 Netizens
15

Average .. 61%

12

Visitor Ratings

Scale (Max)20
Barry Maltz (21) 18
Frank Kruger (34) 20

Average .. 95%

19

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: I see my rating is way below the foreign press. Yes, the acting is good, but the story has nowhere to go and so tends to wander around without getting anywhere. The script closely resembles a De Sade story, so the easily offended should perhaps skip this one.

Barry Maltz (21): Excellent movie. To see him do what he loves till the death being the theme. The skill of the main actor as he is being difnified about the animal like nature of man as a subject was remarkable, as it made me feel in touch with both my animal side and my motivating force.

Frank Kruger (34): It is an offbeat movie that might shock the conservative, but if you look at it from an art sense it is brilliant and unique.






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