A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, until a fiercely conservative doctor tries to put an end to the fun.
Geoffrey Rush
as Marquis de Sade
Kate Winslet
as Madeleine LeClerc
Joaquin Phoenix
as Abbe du Coulmier
Michael Caine
as Dr. Royer-Collard
Billie Whitelaw
as Madame LeClerc
Patrick Malahide
as Delbené
Amelia Warner
as Simone
Jane Menelaus
as Renee Pelagie
Stephen Moyer
as Prouix
Tony Pritchard
as Valcour
Michael Jenn
as Cleante
Danny Babington
as Pitou
