As European political atrocity films go, I find Come and See far more disturbing. (I admit I haven't seen many) This one gets the "disturbing" reputation for its daring extremes while qualifying them under a antifascist, satirical premise. As this is a Marquis de Sade adaptation, it's only as one that subverts its source materials own subversions. A Serbian Film claims the same thing, though I haven't seen it. I wonder how much of these directorial justifications, correct as they may be in principle, step into being excuses to depict the worst of humanity in an exploitative, numbing fashion. When does sensationalism go from attention-getting to indulgence?