Marquis (film)
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| - | '''''Marquis''''' is a [[1989 in film|1989]] [[Franco-Belgian]] film directed by [[Henri Xhonneux]], based on the life and writings of the [[Marquis de Sade]]. All the actors wear animal [[mask]]s[http://jahsonic.tumblr.com/post/342497587/the-dying-lover-to-his-prick-is-a-bawdy-poem-by], designed by [[Jacques Gastineau]] and their voices are dubbed. There are a few scenes involving [[clay animation]]. | + | '''''Marquis''''' (1989) [[Franco-Belgian]] film directed by [[Henri Xhonneux]], based on the life and writings of the [[Marquis de Sade]]. All the actors wear animal [[mask]]s, designed by [[Jacques Gastineau]] and their voices are dubbed. There are a few scenes involving [[clay animation]]. |
| The tagline used in the US release was, "A bizarre tale of sex, lust, and the [[French Revolution]]." | The tagline used in the US release was, "A bizarre tale of sex, lust, and the [[French Revolution]]." | ||
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| - | In pre-revolutionary France, the canine Marquis de Sade sits in jail working on his writing and having conversations with his penis which has a face and is named Colin. When Colin is not whining about his need for stimulation and espousing his impulsive philosophies, he is "telling stories" that make up the Marquis' work (some of which is illustrated via clay animation). | + | In pre-revolutionary France, the canine Marquis de Sade sits in jail working on his writing and having conversations with his penis which has a face and is named Colin. When Colin is not whining about his need for stimulation and espousing his impulsive philosophies, he is "telling stories" that make up Marquis' work (some of which is illustrated via clay animation). |
| - | The Marquis was imprisoned for allegedly defecating on a cross, however he is also accused of raping and impregnating the bovine Justine. The latter is a plot by the camel-headed priest Don Pompero and the cocky Gaetan De Preaubois try to keep secret the fact that Justine's rapist was actually the King of France. | + | Marquis was imprisoned for allegedly defecating on a cross, however he is also accused of raping and impregnating the bovine Justine. The latter is a plot by the camel-headed priest Don Pompero and the cocky Gaetan De Preaubois try to keep secret the fact that Justine's rapist was actually the King of France. |
| Meanwhile, the revolutionaries prepare to stage a coup and depose the king. Several of the inmates are also political prisoners leading to several failed escape attempts which land the inmates in the Bastille dungeon. They are eventually freed, however, by the revolutionaries. | Meanwhile, the revolutionaries prepare to stage a coup and depose the king. Several of the inmates are also political prisoners leading to several failed escape attempts which land the inmates in the Bastille dungeon. They are eventually freed, however, by the revolutionaries. | ||
| - | Colin runs away with one of the revolutionaries leaving the Marquis to continue his writing and to muse about his life in peace. | + | Colin runs away with one of the revolutionaries leaving Marquis to continue his writing and to muse about his life in peace. |
| - | == Personnages == | + | == Characters == |
| - | * Marquis : un [[chien]]. Embastillé pour immoralité (après avoir notamment déféqué sur un crucifix), il passe ses journées à écrire, disserter sur la condition et la bassesse de l'âme humaine, et discuter avec Colin, son [[sexe]] pensant et parlant, qui possède une volonté propre. | + | * Marquis: a [[dog]]. Locked up for immorality (after having defecated on a crucifix in particular), he spends his days writing, discussing the condition and baseness of the human soul, and discussing with Colin, his [[thinking and talking phallus]], who has a will of its own. |
| - | * Colin : le sexe personnifié de Marquis, qui possède un visage et une volonté propre, doublée d'un sens critique pour le moins impertinent. De nature impulsive, il reproche à Marquis son idéalisme et son inaction face à leur emprisonnement. | + | * Colin: the talking phallus of Marquis, who has a face and a will of its own. Impulsive by nature, he reproaches Marquis for his idealism and his inaction in the face of their imprisonment. |
| - | * Justine : une [[vache]], naïve et vertueuse, violée puis embastillée par le Roi de France après être tombée enceinte de lui. Elle admire Marquis pour son intellect et son talent. | + | * Justine: a [[cow]], naive and virtuous, raped and then locked up by the King of France after becoming pregnant with him. She admires Marquis for his intellect and talent. |
| - | * Juliette de Titane : une [[jument]] de sang noble, maîtresse dominatrice de Gaëtan de Préaubois. Elle cherche à libérer Lupino, le chef de la police, embastillé pour ses idées révolutionnaires. | + | * Juliette de Titane: a [[mare]] of noble blood, domineering mistress of Gaëtan de Préaubois. She seeks to free Lupino, the chief of police, locked up for his revolutionary ideas. |
| - | *[[Gaëtan de Préaubois]] : un [[coq]], [[gouverneur de la Bastille]], et amant de Juliette de Titane, adepte du [[sadomasochisme]]. | + | * Gaëtan de Préaubois: a [[rooster]], governor of the [[Bastille]], and lover of Juliette de Titane, follower of [[sadomasochism]]. |
| - | * Lupino : un [[loup]], chef de la police royale et responsable de l'emprisonnement de Marquis, et qui s'est lui aussi retrouvé aux arrêts après avoir fréquenté Juliette de Titane et ses partisans révolutionnaires. | + | * Lupino: a [[wolf]], head of the royal police and responsible for the imprisonment of Marquis, and who also found himself under arrest after having seen Juliette de Titane and her revolutionary supporters. |
| - | *[[Horace Pigonou]] : un [[cochon]] unijambiste, ancien trafiquant de charcuterie et indic de Lupino, également embastillé avec lui. | + | * Horace Pigonou: a one-legged [[pig]], former [[charcuterie]] trafficker and Lupino informant, also locked up with him. |
| - | *[[Dom Pompero]] : un [[chameau]] ecclésiastique, confesseur de la Bastille qui complote avec Gaëtan de Préaubois pour faire accuser Marquis du viol de Justine, et ainsi innocenter le Roi de France. Il cherche aussi à s'approprier les écrits [[Conte licencieux|licencieux]] de Marquis pour les publier à son propre compte. | + | * Dom Pompero: an ecclesiastical [[camel]], confessor of the Bastille who plots with Gaëtan de Préaubois to have Marquis accused of raping Justine, and thus exonerate the King of France. He also seeks to appropriate the [[erotic writing]]s of Marquis to publish them on his own account. |
| - | * Ambert : un [[rat]], geôlier de la Bastille ; [[bisexuel]] et amoureux de Marquis, il rêve de se faire [[Sodomie|sodomiser]] par lui, ce à quoi Colin se refuse... | + | * Ambert: a [[rat]], jailer of the Bastille; [[bisexual]] and in love with Marquis, he dreams of being [[Sodomy|sodomized]] by him, which Colin refuses to do ... |
| - | *[[Jacquot le Fataliste]] : un [[perroquet]], [[avocat (métier)|avocat]] révolutionnaire et Membre du Club des Citoyens Patriotes menés par Juliette de Titane. | + | * Jacquot le Fataliste: a revolutionary [[parrot]], [[lawyer]] and Member of the Patriotic Citizens Club led by Juliette de Titane. |
| - | *[[Willem Von Mandarine]] : un [[hareng]], journaliste de la ''[[Courrier véritable des Pays-Bas|Gazette des Pays-Bas]]'' en visite à Paris. | + | * Willem Von Mandarine: a [[herring]], journalist from the ''[[Courrier véritable des Pays-Bas]]'' visiting Paris. |
| - | * Orléans : un [[lion]], Duc d'Orléans et cousin du Roi du France, qui a honte de ses origines royales. | + | * Orleans: a [[lion]], Duke of Orleans and cousin of the King of France, who is ashamed of his royal origins. |
| - | * Bernardin : un [[sanglier]], propriétaire de l'''Auberge du Rossignol blessé'', et Membre du Club des Citoyens Patriotes. | + | * Bernardin: a [[wild boar]], owner of the “l'''Auberge du Rossignol blessé”, and Member of the Patriotic Citizens Club. |
| - | *[[La garde de la Bastille]]: une bande de [[poulets]] ivrognes et incompétents. | + | * The Guard of the Bastille: a bunch of drunk and incompetent [[chickens]]. |
| ==Talking body parts trope== | ==Talking body parts trope== | ||
| ''Marquis'' features extensive conversations of Sade talking to his genitals (and the genitals talking back to him), other fictions which employ the [[trope]] of the [[talking body part]]s are ''[[Naked Lunch]]'' (1959) by William S. Burroughs and the ''[[The Indiscreet Jewels]]'' (1748) by Denis Diderot. | ''Marquis'' features extensive conversations of Sade talking to his genitals (and the genitals talking back to him), other fictions which employ the [[trope]] of the [[talking body part]]s are ''[[Naked Lunch]]'' (1959) by William S. Burroughs and the ''[[The Indiscreet Jewels]]'' (1748) by Denis Diderot. | ||
| + | ==Citations== | ||
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| + | "Que les traces de ma tombe disparaissent de dessus la surface de la terre, comme je me flatte que ma mémoire s'effacera de l'esprit des hommes." ..." --from [[Sade's will]] | ||
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| + | "le pouvoir de détruire ne nous est pas accordé, nous avons tout au plus celui de varier des formes ... or, toute forme est égale aux yeux de la nature ....nos destructions raniment son pouvoir, elles entretiennent son énergie ... qu'importe à sa main créatrice que cette [[masse de chair]] conformant aujourd’hui d'un individu bipède, se produise demain sous la forme de mille insectes différents?..."-- this appears to be partly a backtranslation from the English translation of the [[a mass of flesh]] fragment, as found in Edmund Wilson's text | ||
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| + | "la première et la plus belle qualité de la nature est le mouvement qui l’agite sans cesse ; mais ce mouvement n’est qu’une suite perpétuelle de crimes"--''[[Justine]]'' [https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Sade_-_La_nouvelle_Justine,_ou_les_malheurs_de_la_vertu,_suivie_de_L%27histoire_de_Juliette,_sa_soeur,_tome_1,_1797.djvu/240] | ||
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| + | "les passions de l’homme ne sont que les moyens qu’elle employe pour accélérer ses desseins"--''[[Justine]]''[https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/La_nouvelle_Justine/Chapitre_V] | ||
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| + | "[[la vie du plus sublime des hommes n'est pas à la nature d'une plus grande importance que celle d'une huître]]."--''[[Justine]]''[https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Sade_-_La_nouvelle_Justine,_ou_les_malheurs_de_la_vertu,_suivie_de_L%27histoire_de_Juliette,_sa_soeur,_tome_1,_1797.djvu/235] | ||
| + | From the claymation scene 31:20 - 32:15 | ||
| ==Voices== | ==Voices== | ||
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Marquis (1989) Franco-Belgian film directed by Henri Xhonneux, based on the life and writings of the Marquis de Sade. All the actors wear animal masks, designed by Jacques Gastineau and their voices are dubbed. There are a few scenes involving clay animation.
The tagline used in the US release was, "A bizarre tale of sex, lust, and the French Revolution."
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Plot
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Summary
Freely inspired by the internment of Marquis de Sade in the Bastille, of which the script and art direction were taken care of by Roland Topor, it merrily mixes historical fact of the French Revolution, and philosophical ruminations of human nature confronted with its basic instincts.
A mix of real life action and animation, the film bathes in an fantasmatic atmosphere where Sade's sadism are toned down by humour.
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Full plot
In pre-revolutionary France, the canine Marquis de Sade sits in jail working on his writing and having conversations with his penis which has a face and is named Colin. When Colin is not whining about his need for stimulation and espousing his impulsive philosophies, he is "telling stories" that make up Marquis' work (some of which is illustrated via clay animation).
Marquis was imprisoned for allegedly defecating on a cross, however he is also accused of raping and impregnating the bovine Justine. The latter is a plot by the camel-headed priest Don Pompero and the cocky Gaetan De Preaubois try to keep secret the fact that Justine's rapist was actually the King of France.
Meanwhile, the revolutionaries prepare to stage a coup and depose the king. Several of the inmates are also political prisoners leading to several failed escape attempts which land the inmates in the Bastille dungeon. They are eventually freed, however, by the revolutionaries.
Colin runs away with one of the revolutionaries leaving Marquis to continue his writing and to muse about his life in peace.
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Characters
- Marquis: a dog. Locked up for immorality (after having defecated on a crucifix in particular), he spends his days writing, discussing the condition and baseness of the human soul, and discussing with Colin, his thinking and talking phallus, who has a will of its own.
- Colin: the talking phallus of Marquis, who has a face and a will of its own. Impulsive by nature, he reproaches Marquis for his idealism and his inaction in the face of their imprisonment.
- Justine: a cow, naive and virtuous, raped and then locked up by the King of France after becoming pregnant with him. She admires Marquis for his intellect and talent.
- Juliette de Titane: a mare of noble blood, domineering mistress of Gaëtan de Préaubois. She seeks to free Lupino, the chief of police, locked up for his revolutionary ideas.
- Gaëtan de Préaubois: a rooster, governor of the Bastille, and lover of Juliette de Titane, follower of sadomasochism.
- Lupino: a wolf, head of the royal police and responsible for the imprisonment of Marquis, and who also found himself under arrest after having seen Juliette de Titane and her revolutionary supporters.
- Horace Pigonou: a one-legged pig, former charcuterie trafficker and Lupino informant, also locked up with him.
- Dom Pompero: an ecclesiastical camel, confessor of the Bastille who plots with Gaëtan de Préaubois to have Marquis accused of raping Justine, and thus exonerate the King of France. He also seeks to appropriate the erotic writings of Marquis to publish them on his own account.
- Ambert: a rat, jailer of the Bastille; bisexual and in love with Marquis, he dreams of being sodomized by him, which Colin refuses to do ...
- Jacquot le Fataliste: a revolutionary parrot, lawyer and Member of the Patriotic Citizens Club led by Juliette de Titane.
- Willem Von Mandarine: a herring, journalist from the Courrier véritable des Pays-Bas visiting Paris.
- Orleans: a lion, Duke of Orleans and cousin of the King of France, who is ashamed of his royal origins.
- Bernardin: a wild boar, owner of the “lAuberge du Rossignol blessé”, and Member of the Patriotic Citizens Club.
- The Guard of the Bastille: a bunch of drunk and incompetent chickens.
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Talking body parts trope
Marquis features extensive conversations of Sade talking to his genitals (and the genitals talking back to him), other fictions which employ the trope of the talking body parts are Naked Lunch (1959) by William S. Burroughs and the The Indiscreet Jewels (1748) by Denis Diderot.
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Citations
"Que les traces de ma tombe disparaissent de dessus la surface de la terre, comme je me flatte que ma mémoire s'effacera de l'esprit des hommes." ..." --from Sade's will
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"le pouvoir de détruire ne nous est pas accordé, nous avons tout au plus celui de varier des formes ... or, toute forme est égale aux yeux de la nature ....nos destructions raniment son pouvoir, elles entretiennent son énergie ... qu'importe à sa main créatrice que cette masse de chair conformant aujourd’hui d'un individu bipède, se produise demain sous la forme de mille insectes différents?..."-- this appears to be partly a backtranslation from the English translation of the a mass of flesh fragment, as found in Edmund Wilson's text
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"la première et la plus belle qualité de la nature est le mouvement qui l’agite sans cesse ; mais ce mouvement n’est qu’une suite perpétuelle de crimes"--Justine [1]
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"les passions de l’homme ne sont que les moyens qu’elle employe pour accélérer ses desseins"--Justine[2]
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"la vie du plus sublime des hommes n'est pas à la nature d'une plus grande importance que celle d'une huître."--Justine[3]
From the claymation scene 31:20 - 32:15
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Voices
| Character | Voice of: |
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| Marquis de Sade | François Marthouret |
| Colin | Valérie Kling |
| Ambert | Michel Robin |
| Justine | Isabelle Wolfe |
| Don Pompero | Vicky Messica |
| Gaetan De Preaubois | René Lebrun |
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