Four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to a hundred and twenty days of physical, mental and sexual torture.
Now, who would have thought that taking a Marquis de Sade book about the most vile sexual acts imaginably... and turning it into a film almost as equally vile... was a good idea? That was a brave move, and obviously one that would come with more than its share of controversy.
But this controversy is also why it must be praised. Though it is indeed vile ,and often hard to watch, everyone involved came their complete efforts to make this the strong, memorable monstrosity that it is. It remains a parable of fascism, a story of horror as well as war.
Now, who would have thought that taking a Marquis de Sade book about the most vile sexual acts imaginably... and turning it into a film almost as equally vile... was a good idea? That was a brave move, and obviously one that would come with more than its share of controversy.
But this controversy is also why it must be praised. Though it is indeed vile ,and often hard to watch, everyone involved came their complete efforts to make this the strong, memorable monstrosity that it is. It remains a parable of fascism, a story of horror as well as war.