Fresh
Sade is Quills without the hyperbole and melodrama.
Tom Sime, Dallas Morning News
Sade
He was a man ahead of his time. His ideas on love and sex shocked his generation.
2000 · 1h 40m · N/A
Crime, Drama, History
Directed by
Benoît Jacquot
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Sade
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
68%
Tomatometer
Fresh
In Auteil's less dramatic but equally incisive performance, he's a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer.
Marta Barber, Miami Herald
Fresh
It's a rosy coming-of-age romp that refuses to see the horror even in the severed heads from the guillotine.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Rotten
This Sade is hardly a perverse, dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama. He's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery, and the film seems as deflated as he does.
Loren King, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
If you're looking for a smart, nuanced look at de Sade and what might have happened at Picpus, Sade is your film.
Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle
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