A man prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.
Acting
Auteuil's smirking, defiant Sade—uncomfortably magnetic.
Production
Claustrophobic aristocratic decay, gorgeous and suffocating.
Director
Benoît Jacquot
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film avoids Sade's most infamous works, focusing on his imprisonment—ironic, since his writing thrives on freedom.
Jacquot shot in actual 18th-century locations; the asylum's stone corridors were once a real revolutionary prison.
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