Burgundy - The Duke Of

What you get is one of the most exquisitely strange and intellectually rigorous films about the nature of love, control, and consent ever committed to celluloid.

Sidse Babett Knudsen (best known for Borgen ) is a marvel of micro-expression. As Cynthia, she is the reluctant dominatrix. She doesn’t want to punish Evelyn; she wants to read about butterflies. Watching Knudsen switch from stern cruelty to exhausted, loving tenderness in a single glance is a masterclass in acting. The Duke Of Burgundy

Yes, you read that correctly. For a film entirely about a sadomasochistic relationship, there is almost no nudity. Strickland understands that the waiting and the ritual are the turn-ons, not the act itself. He eroticizes the tension, the power exchange, and the vulnerability of asking your partner to hurt you. What you get is one of the most

The Duke of Burgundy is not for everyone. Viewers expecting a thriller or a traditional romance will be bored. Viewers expecting titillation will be frustrated. She doesn’t want to punish Evelyn; she wants