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Quills

In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.

The infamous writer, the Marquis de Sade of eighteenth century France, is imprisoned at Charenton Insane Asylum for unmentionable activities. He manages to befriend the young Abbé de Coulmier, who runs the asylum, along with a beautiful laundress named Madeline. Things go terribly wrong when the Abbé finds out that the Marquis' books are being secretly published. Emperor Napoleon contemplates sending Dr. Royer-Collard to oversee the asylum, a man famed for his torturous punishments. It could mean the end of Charenton and possibly the Marquis.

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Info about Quills

Studio(s): Charenton Productions, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Originally Released: United States, Nov 22, 2000

Production Countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Box Office Gross: $7,060,876.00

Budget: $13,500,000.00

Genres:Biography, Drama