The Marquis de Sade (
Geoffrey Rush) was a provocateur so addicted to words he used his own blood as ink while locked away in an insane asylum headed by the Abbe du Coulmier (
Joaquin Phoenix). Although the outraged Doctor Royer-Collard (
Michael Caine) tries to stop the Marquis from writing, a young worker (
Kate Winslet) takes his dictation in this Oscar-nominated drama from director Phillip Kauffman (The Right Stuff).
