Justine (de Sade novel) graphic novel version by Guido Crepax. In 1973, the Japanese director Tatsumi Kumashiro filmed an adaptation of "Justine" as part of Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series. The film was titled . In 1977, a film version of the novel, entitled "Cruel Passion", was released. "Justine" was also featured in the 2000 film "Quills" based on the life of the Marquis de Sade. Justine (de Sade novel) Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue (French: Justine, ou Les Malheurs de la Vertu) is a 1791 novel by Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade. "Justine" is set just
Paris in the 18th century who had not taken the oath secretly conducting religious services. The Catholic Church was required to share the use of Notre-Dame, Saint-Sulpice and Saint-Roche with two new secular religions based on reason that had been created in the spirit of the Revolution; The church of Theophilanthropy and the Church of the Decadaire, the latter named for the ten-month revolutionary calendar. The Protestant Church had been strictly controlled and limited by the royal government for most of the 18th century. Only one church building was allowed, at Charenton, far from the center of the city, six kilometers from the Bastille. There