
Many noble families are locked in a chateau due to the French Revolution. The infamous Marquis de Sade is there and is generally shunned by the others. A teen-aged girl befriends him behind her parents back and learns about him and life in general. He initiates her into sexual exploration and leads her to become an independent, sexually-liberated woman.... (Full plot summary below)
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Many noble families are locked in a chateau due to the French Revolution. The infamous Marquis de Sade is there and is generally shunned by the others. A teen-aged girl befriends him behind her parents back and learns about him and life in general. He initiates her into sexual exploration and leads her to become an independent, sexually-liberated woman.
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| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn Johanson[A] treacherously seductive and highly disturbing film... |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordFeaturing a dangerously seductive performance from the great Daniel Auteuil, "Sade" covers the same period as Kaufmann's "Quills" with more unsettlingly realistic results. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonMore concerned with Sade's ideas than with his actions. The movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as... [Quills] did by showing them. |
| San Francisco ChronicleJonathan CurielIf you're looking for a smart, nuanced look at de Sade and what might have happened at Picpus, Sade is your film. |
| Jam! MoviesBruce KirklandIt is intensely personal and yet -- unlike Quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times. |
| Salon.comStephanie ZacharekIf you're looking for thrills, you should know that you have to wade through a good seven-eighths of the movie before Sade does anything remotely disreputable, and even then it's a rather mechanical bit of business that would have been more effective (and more disturbing) if it had been handled with a bit of humor. |
| Film Journal InternationalDoris ToumarkineSade is an engaging look at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero. |
| Miami HeraldMarta BarberIs it about a moment in history and how the life of a sexual predator fits into that moment? Or is it just about a director's sexual fantasy? The answers are somewhat fuzzy. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoAuteuil gives a superior performance. While Rush played him as a buffoon, Auteuil gives the character the charm of an aristocratic savant. |
| Boston GlobeWesley MorrisSensationalism and doom are not on screen here; Jacquot offers a relatively peaceful moment in Sade's life. |