Visually and subject matter Franco’s cinema has a lot in common with the writings of the Marquis de Sade who is in many ways Franco’s artistic soul mate. They may have been born in different centuries and yet there views on sadism and eroticism are mirror images of each other. Through the years Franco has made many films that incorporate elements of the Marquis de Sade with only a handful of films being faithful adaptations of the De Sade like these films Justine de Sade, Eugenie… the Story of Her Journey into Perversion, Justine and Eugenie De Sade.