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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A 2000 biographical film, directed by Philip Kaufman and written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright (adapting from his own play of the same name). The film follows the (highly fictionalized) last years of the Marquis de Sade (Geoffrey Rush, in an Academy Award-nominated role), the notorious French nobleman, author, philosopher, and libertine. The film is set at Charenton, a lunatic asylum where Sade has been sent for his continued publication of pornographic novels that double as nihilist philosophy tracts.Charenton is run by the Abbé du Coulmier (Joaquin Phoenix), a rather progressive administrator who allows the Marquis to continue writing, on the theory that it will "purge" the evil from his mind. Unbeknownst to the Abbé, however, Madeleine (Kate Winslet), his protégé and one of the asylum's chambermaids, has been secretly smuggling the works to the outside world, where they are published anonymously. This turns out to be a mistake, however, as the Emperor Napoleon (Ron Cook), realizing who the author is, orders the renowned "alienist" Dr. Royer-Collard (Michael Caine) to go to the asylum, where he is tasked with curing the infamous Marquis...by any means necessary.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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The Bad Guy Wins
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The Bad Guy Wins: Dr. Royer-Collard lives happily ever after, using the Marquis' work and the inmates' slave labor to make himself wealthy.
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Author Tract
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Author Tract: The Marquis' novels. The sadomasochistic pornography illustrates his nihilistic worldview.
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Adaptational Attractiveness
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Adaptational Attractiveness: The real Abbé du Coulmier was about four feet tall and had severe scoliosis, and the real Marquis de Sade was extremely obese in his final years.
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Artistic License – History
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Artistic License – History: As pointed out by historians, the film is very, very different from how the events played out in real life.
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Big "NO!"
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Big "NO!": The Abbé gets one after the Marquis uses his crucifix to commit suicide before he can complete the Last Rites.
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Badass Longcoat
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Badass Longcoat: Abbé du Coulmiere wore a banging cassock for most of the film length.
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