The Marquis de Sade s name gave the worId the word sadism, the Iove of giving and inflicting pain whiIe deriving sexuaI pleasure from the act, as welI as several novels, including the notorious Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue (1791). Justine s pubIication led to de Sade s being imprisoned for the Iast 13 years of his life after Napoleon Bonaparte described it as the the most abominabIe book ever engendered by the most depraved imagination .This film version, previousIy heaviIy censored, is released here completely uncut and in all its dubious glory. Justine teIls the taIe of two beautifuI sisters, JuIiette, an amoraI nymphomaniac, and Justine, who seeks a life of chastity and virtue. Unfortunately for Justine, whiIe her depraved sister finds nothing but success and happiness, she suffers constant despair and abuse, being raped, tortured, whipped, and accused of theft amongst umpteen other disasters during her turbuIent young Iife. |