The Duke of Burgundy

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Alain E @AlainE Jan 13 Superbly photographed and acted this a love story of codependency between two lesbian women. However, any viewer, especially of the XY sub genre, who aims to watch soft or harder porn will be severely disappointed. The whole action takes place in a universe populated by women, mostly middle aged and not conventionally attractive, many insects and a single cat. (The insects get separate listing in the final credits. The cat apparently didn’t have a good agent). There is minimal nudity. The two protagonists are in a sadomasochistic relationship. Initially the movie is feeding us the incorrect information that the one acting with intellectual cruelty is in control. Not true. In the heterosexual domain this film reminded me of Secretary. On Tubi. Music is also very good. The opening credits in addition to clothes and underwear mentioned perfumes that unfortunately were not reproduced by my LG OLED. See more O g @RT76089177 08/12/2025 Stultifying beyond belief. A real failure of style over substance! See more Zak Z @RT77932831 07/27/2025 Boring, repetitive and complete tosh! See more Vince C @RT34940730 05/08/2025 My favourite Peter Strickland movie. In his commentaries he often makes me wonder if he is in full control of his films. In this commentary he says the moths are not a metaphor. Err, I doubt if you could get a bigger metaphor - "love is like a butterfly", except when you script its every move you get cases of dead moths all in a row stabbed with pins, etc. I don't want to labour the point. The movie is meaningful and poignant and erotic, although Strickland's use of flashbacks tends to confuse the point. (the ending goes back to pre-crisis, although we already know the full story of the crisis). I suppose it's a bit like Finnegans Wake - round and round we go. Or maybe like The Night Watch which starts with dead ends and finishes with optimistic beginnings. See more Ari V @RT59419633 07/21/2024 Not terrible, but very repetitive and ultimately didn't seem like all that repetition ultimately led anywhere particularly interesting. See more Jerome M @RT77882731 05/27/2023 Not wetting my pants See more Read all reviews

The Duke of Burgundy

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