Quills is a 2000 period film inspired by the life and work of the Marquis de Sade, re-imagining the final years of his incarceration in the insane asylum at Charenton. The movie stars Geoffrey Rush as de Sade, Kate Winslet as Madeleine "Maddie" LeClerc, Joaquin Phoenix as the Abbé de Coulmier, and Michael Caine as Dr. Royer-Collard.