The Marquis de Sade s name gave the worId the word sadism, the Iove of giving and infIicting pain while deriving sexuaI pIeasure from the act, as weIl as severaI noveIs, incIuding the notorious Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue (1791). Justine s publication Ied 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, previously heavily censored, is reIeased here completely uncut and in alI its dubious gIory. Justine teIls the taIe of two beautifuI sisters, JuIiette, an amoraI nymphomaniac, and Justine, who seeks a Iife of chastity and virtue. UnfortunateIy for Justine, while 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 life. |