Schroeder's comedy is as wry and dapper as Buñuel's
Maitresse (1976)
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Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: From eclectic director Barbet Schroeder ("Reversal of Fortune") comes this unsettling tale of sexual politics. Always up for anything, Olivier joins a pal in robbing a supposedly empty... From eclectic director Barbet Schroeder ("Reversal of Fortune") comes this unsettling tale of sexual politics. Always up for anything, Olivier joins a pal in robbing a supposedly empty apartment. However, not only is the flat inhabited, it contains a panoply of sex toys and torture devices, to say nothing of such curiosities as a casket, a dentist's chair, and an imprisoned old man! The thieves then discover that a dominatrix, Ariane, actually resides in this pleasure dungeon. She forces Olivier's friend to leave -- but keeps Olivier as her captive. At first, Ariane uses him to service a client and, later, Ariane and Olivier embark on a most unusual love affair. Their physical acts and deviant behavior, though, merely mask the potentially damaging secrets each hides from the other. [More]
Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Bulle Ogier
Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Bulle Ogier
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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for all its hifalutin subtext about "the hidden" facets of the city, there's not much else to Maîtresse than what readily apparent on its surface.
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