Maîtresse

19761976
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1h 52m

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A common thief (Depardieu) breaks into the house of a professional dominatrix (Ogier), and begins to help her "train" her clients. Though this world is alien to his experience, he finds hims... Read allA common thief (Depardieu) breaks into the house of a professional dominatrix (Ogier), and begins to help her "train" her clients. Though this world is alien to his experience, he finds himself falling in love with her. Eventually he discovers that she does this in order to suppo... Read allA common thief (Depardieu) breaks into the house of a professional dominatrix (Ogier), and begins to help her "train" her clients. Though this world is alien to his experience, he finds himself falling in love with her. Eventually he discovers that she does this in order to support her son, and he attempts to help her out of this life, which she is not sure she really... Read all

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Director
- Barbet Schroeder
Writers
- Barbet Schroeder
- Paul Voujargol
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Gérard Depardieu and Bulle Ogier in Maîtresse (1976)

Gérard Depardieu, Jeanne Herviale, and Bulle Ogier in Maîtresse (1976)

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Trivia
It is claimed that Parisian masochists didn't merely volunteer for treatment in the Dungeon scenes, but actually paid for the privilege.

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Mario: It's a terrific job. Classy.
Olivier: Really? And it pays?
Mario: Yes. It's a gas.

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The film was rejected for a UK cinema certificate by the BBFC in 1976 and only passed in 1981 after 4 minutes 47 secs of cuts with heavy edits made to a woman being bound and whipped, shots of abrasions after a man is whipped and subsequently probed with a needle between his buttocks, and a scene where a male client has his genitals nailed to a plank of wood and his nipples pierced. The cuts were fully waived for a UK 18 DVD certificate in 2003.

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7/10

I never thought I would've a tremendous crush on Gerard Depardieu.

An un-glamorous, non idealized or dramatized take on bdsm that gives centrality to the ritualization of the subversion of social roles, the sociological aspect of the practice. Depardieu's (naive?) absolute disregard of power relations, even outside the ritual playground, is the key for understanding what kind of romance is advocated - one of mutuality, independence and fluidity of roles.

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