
Quills
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalbiographyslowheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationship
"There are no bad words… only bad deeds."
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, serious drama, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
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.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2000
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Charenton Productions
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











