Quills
2000 film · Released 2000
Quills is a 2000 historical drama film directed by Philip Kaufman and adapted from the Obie award-winning 1995 play by Doug Wright, who also wrote the original screenplay. Inspired by the life of the Marquis de Sade, the film re-imagines the last years of the Marquis's incarceration in the insane asylum at Charenton. It stars Geoffrey Rush as de Sade, Kate Winslet as laundress Madeleine "Maddie" LeClerc, Joaquin Phoenix as the Abbé de Coulmier, and Michael Caine as Dr. Royer-Collard.
Cast ages at release (2000)
- Geoffrey Rush, as the Marquis de Sade: 48–49
- Kate Winslet, as Madeleine "Maddy" LeClerc: 24–25
- Joaquin Phoenix, as the Abbé du Coulmier: 25–26
- Michael Caine, as Dr. Royer-Collard: 66–67
- Billie Whitelaw, as Madame LeClerc: 67–68
- Amelia Warner, as Simone: 17–18
- Stephen Moyer, as Prioux: 30–31
- Patrick Malahide, as Delbené: 54–55
- Stephen Marcus, as Bouchon: 37–38
- Elizabeth Berrington, as Charlotte: 29–30
- Edward Tudor-Pole, as Franval: 44–45