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Sade

Play trailer Poster for Sade 2002,  1h 37m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 67% 30 Reviews Tomatometer 58% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
67% Tomatometer 30 Reviews 58% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
1794. The Revolution has entered the bloodiest phase of the Terror, and the Marquis de Sade is once again in prison. There he prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Jun 29, 2022
In Benoit Jacquot’s excellent Sade, lissome French ingenue Isild Le Besco gave a seductive performance. Go to Full Review
Tom Sime Dallas Morning News Mar 6, 2003
B+
Sade is Quills without the hyperbole and melodrama. Go to Full Review
Wesley Morris Boston Globe Aug 30, 2002
3/4
It's a rosy coming-of-age romp that refuses to see the horror even in the severed heads from the guillotine. Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Jul 27, 2008
3/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 3, 2005
3/5
MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher Aug 8, 2004
[A] treacherously seductive and highly disturbing film... Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Benoît Jacquot

Director

Daniel Auteuil

Marquis de Sade

Marianne Denicourt

Sensible

Jeanne Balibar

Madame Santero

Grégoire Colin

Fournier

Isild Le Besco

Emilie de Lancris

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Movie Info

Synopsis 1794. The Revolution has entered the bloodiest phase of the Terror, and the Marquis de Sade is once again in prison. There he prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.
Director
Benoît Jacquot
Producer
Patrick Godeau
Screenwriter
Serge Bramly, Jacques Fieschi, Bernard Minoret
Distributor
Empire Pictures
Production Co
TF1 Films Productions, Alicéléo, Le Studio Canal +, Cofimage 11
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 26, 2002, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Dec 9, 2003
Box Office (Gross USA)
$190.8K
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround
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