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Mood:
- SexualAtmosphericTense
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Plot:
- RebelliousnessCouple RelationsSexual RelationsMurderCouplesAgingChaos and MayhemDeath Row more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeignPeriod
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Place:
- ConventPrison
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Sade, 2000
French
France
Profile of Sade
The mood of Sade is sexual, tense, and atmospheric. The plot centers around rebelliousness, couples relations, and murder. It is a drama, foreign, and period movie. In approach, Sade is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. It takes place, at least partly, in a convent and in a prison. Sade is based on a book.
Summary of Sade
At 50, Sade (Daniel Auteuil) has spent most of his life in unsanitary and dangerous prisons like the Bastille and Saint-Lazare. But he hasn't become hardened and bitter. Instead, he's rather wise, crafty, and very sexy. When he's sent to Picpus, the exclusive, aristocratic, convent-turned-prison, and meets the haughty, blossoming Emilie (Isild Le Besco) he has the opportunity to share his enlightenment. But Sade must be careful. Although Emilie is curious about what Sade can offer her, she is a feisty lass and is wary because of the rumors of Sade's scandalous past. Soon, though, the would-be lovers have bigger problems to attend to--Robespierre, his Cult of the Supreme Being, and the bloodiest phase of the Terror. Sade's mistress, Sensible (Marianne Denicourt), has been keeping them at bay by giving herself to Fournier (Grégoire Colin), a member of Robespierre's entourage. But how long will that ploy hold them back? And whose head will roll next?
Benoît Jacquot's film balances the hysteria of the Terror and the idleness of the French aristocracy with striking detail and poise. The sumptuous cinematography and spirited performances by Auteuil and newcomer Le Besco make Sade a film that is often funny, often frightening, and very entertaining.
This film was screened as part of the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2001 festival organized by The Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City.
Details
| Language: | French |
| Country: | France |
| Release date: | 26 April 2002 |
| Runtime: | 100 min |
Cast and Crew
as Marquis de Sade
as Sensible
