Sade (film)

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Movie
German title Sade
Original title Sade
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 2000
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Benoît Jacquot
script Jacques Fieschi
Bernard Minoret
production Patrick Godeau
music Francis Poulenc
Nicolas Fiorenza
camera Benoît Delhomme
cut Luc Barnier
occupation

Sade is a French feature film by Benoît Jacquot from the year 2000. It deals with Donatien Alphonse François de Sade's imprisonment during Maximilien de Robespierre's reign of terror in 1794. The plot is based on Serge Bramly's novel La terreur dans le boudoir .

action

Paris in 1794: after a long imprisonment, the Marquis de Sade, who at the interrogation pretends to be neither a nobleman nor the author of the novel Justine, is taken to a former monastery in Picpus with other nobles. This serves as a noble prison, with the detainees being referred to outwardly as the sick. Sade drives to the property with Madame and Viscount de Langris and their daughter Emilie. He is taken with the young woman, but his bad reputation precedes him. The parents prevent any contact between Emilie and Sade.

Sade receives a visit in prison from his lover Marie-Constance Quesnet, whom he calls "Sensible". She brings him writing utensils and fine food that he has asked for from her. In his absence she has started a relationship with convent member Fournier, through which she hopes to save Sade from execution. In fact, Fournier can save Sade from death several times, but believes he can bind sensitive people more closely to himself. Sade writes every day while in custody. Emilie, who is interested in his writings, is allowed to see them after initial resistance. Sade suspects that the content cannot be processed by the young woman, and Emilie actually hurries out of his room after reading a few lines. She stays away from him in the following years, but over time her curiosity overcomes her fear.

Sade begins to rehearse a play with the inmates of the prison, which is initially forbidden by the prison director, but then allowed as a silent game. Although Emilie does not want to participate, Sade can persuade her to play along. Both meet in the gardener's house of the monastery, which is inhabited by the young Augustin. Emilie suggests that she wants to submit to Sade. But his way of unabashedly grasping her crotch and opening her mouth with his hands irritates her. He senses her insecurity and leaves her behind. Some time later, the piece is performed in silence, but it is suddenly interrupted. The prison park is confiscated by soldiers because the dead from the executions are to be buried in mass graves on the property. Robespierre and his men are now systematically planning the execution of nobles who oppose the new direction. Sensible learns from Fournier that Sade is to be executed in a few days. She goes to him and gives him an urgent warning. The inmates of the prison can also see more and more people being picked up. In addition, new carts loaded with dead come onto the property every day. Emilie fears that if she were murdered she would never have existed. She agrees with Sade to submit to what he does. During the night Sade brings Emilie to Augustin in the garden house. Both are inexperienced and Sade guides them. He lets Augustine whip him, but deliberately breaks off the blows after a while. He then stages the encounter between Augustine and Emilie as a kidnapping. He finally deflowers Emilie by hand before letting her and Augustin sleep together.

Sade is absent from the monastery building the next morning when new people are called to be executed, including himself. Since one of the inmates declares that Sade has not been there for weeks, he escapes execution. Shortly afterwards, Robespierre is arrested and executed. As a member of the convention , Fournier also died. The aristocratic prison is dissolved. Sensitive appears to take Sade with him. She thanks Emilie, who made Sade's life in prison sweeter, but Emilie herself is grateful for everything she has learned. Sade advises her not to have children, as they deform the body, but she is much more afraid of being trapped in a monotonous marriage in the future. Sensible leaves by carriage. Sade walks next to the carriage, but gets on it after a while.

production

Sade was shot in the Saint-Martin Abbey in Sées (in the film Couvent de Picpus). The film was released in French cinemas on August 23, 2000, shortly before the premiere of the US film Quills , which deals with de Sade's last years in Charenton . Sade was released in German cinemas on December 21, 2000 and was released on video and DVD on August 23, 2001. The film title was Sade - Follow your lust!

criticism

The film-dienst called Sade a "captivatingly interpreted, thought-provoking, political-philosophical film about outsiders, power, norms and human dignity." Cinema, on the other hand, criticized the film, which was none Have high points and whose main actor acts listlessly. Der Spiegel, on the other hand, found it a “pleasant surprise” that the film “tells of the legendary marquis and avoids the obvious”, and found that Daniel Auteuil, as a “sensitive marquis, once again proves to be a specialist in character roles”.

Awards

Benoît Jacquot was nominated for the Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montréal World Film Festival in 2000. Daniel Auteuil won a Prix ​​Lumières for Best Actor in 2001 for his portrayal of the Marquis de Sade , while Isild Le Besco was named Best Young Actress . Le Besco also received a César nomination in 2001 in the category of best young actress .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sade. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ See cinema.de
  3. ↑ Premieres: Sade . In: KulturSpiegel , No. 12, 2000, p. 53.