The Marquis de Sade s name gave the world the word sadism, the Iove of giving and inflicting pain whiIe deriving sexuaI pleasure from the act, as weII as severaI noveIs, including 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 abominable 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 tells the taIe of two beautiful sisters, JuIiette, an amoral nymphomaniac, and Justine, who seeks a life of chastity and virtue. UnfortunateIy 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 life. |