The Marquis de Sade has been locked away in a mental asylum, but he refuses to lie down and accept his fate. With the help of a laundry maid the Marquis continues to find an outlet for his writing and it is only with the arrival of the malevolent Dr Royer-Collard that the grim stink of desperation becomes apparent. The film cultivates an air of sardonic detachment beneath a lascivious leer, it pokes at sexual taboos - it's pretty subversive, considering - but sexuality and creativity are inde find out more...

It's 1930s Manchuria and various gangsters are fighting it out for possession of a legendary treasure map. As our three main characters lurch toward their destinies, trains are robbed, assassinations avoided (or not), raids take place, gun battles erupt, fingers get cut off, bodies drop etc. find out more...