: With the aid of a courageous laundress, Madeleine (Kate Winslet), de Sade's erotic works are smuggled out for publication, inciting the wrath of Emperor Napoleon.
The film , directed by Philip Kaufman and adapted from Doug Wright's stage play, is a provocative historical drama that reimagines the final years of the Marquis de Sade (Geoffrey Rush) during his incarceration at the Charenton Asylum. Thematic Core & Plot
: With the aid of a courageous laundress, Madeleine (Kate Winslet), de Sade's erotic works are smuggled out for publication, inciting the wrath of Emperor Napoleon.
The film , directed by Philip Kaufman and adapted from Doug Wright's stage play, is a provocative historical drama that reimagines the final years of the Marquis de Sade (Geoffrey Rush) during his incarceration at the Charenton Asylum. Thematic Core & Plot