Jeune femme, récemment libérée d'un hôpital psychiatrique, obtient le poste de secrétaire d'un avocat exigeant, où leur relation employeur-employé se déroute en relation sexuelle, sadomasoch... Tout lireJeune femme, récemment libérée d'un hôpital psychiatrique, obtient le poste de secrétaire d'un avocat exigeant, où leur relation employeur-employé se déroute en relation sexuelle, sadomasochiste.Jeune femme, récemment libérée d'un hôpital psychiatrique, obtient le poste de secrétaire d'un avocat exigeant, où leur relation employeur-employé se déroute en relation sexuelle, sadomasochiste.
- Prix
- 15 victoires et 26 nominations
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesIn a 2018 interview Maggie Gyllenhaal called her role in Secretary "the first time that I was given a role where I could express something about myself," describing taking the role of Lee as an opportunity to "explore something that's on the edge of what I know about myself but with the protection of fiction." She also gave director Steven Shainberg a lot of credit for his collaborative approach, describing him as "interested in me as an artist, was interested in what I was offering, and the way that shifted the story, as opposed to whatever he had imagined before I got there."
- GaffesAll the cars in the film have Florida license plates on the front of the car. Florida only has back plates.
- Citations
[Mr. Grey asks Lee why she cuts herself]
E. Edward Grey: Why do you cut yourself, Lee?
Lee: I don't know.
E. Edward Grey: Is it that sometimes the pain inside has to come to the surface and when you see evidence of the pain inside, you finally know you're really here? Then, when you watch the wound heal, it's comforting. Isn't it?
Lee: I... That's a way to put it.
- Générique farfeluThe legal disclaimer has typing errors:
- "fictitious" is misspelled "ficticious"
- "unintentional" is misspelled "unitentional"
- unauthorized use of the film is warned as resulting in "civil liberty" instead of "civil liability"
- Autres versionsBesides the 1h 47m (107 min) runtime provided here, this film is also available in a longer--1h 51m (111 min)--cut.
- ConnexionsFeatured in Late Show with David Letterman: Episode #10.42 (2002)
- Bandes originalesWhatchamacallit
Performed by Juan García Esquivel (as Esquivel)
Written by Juan García Esquivel (as Juan Garcia Esquivel)
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Under license from BMG Special Products
Although it was sold off the back of the salacious material and offer of dark sexual comedy, Secretary is actually a nicely ambiguous character piece that looks at the development of a submissive woman and the conflicts within a man who takes pleasure from S&M. It is nowhere near as shocking as it was marketed, nor does it try to force things to the detriment of the characters. I wasn't sure what to expect but found myself easily taken into the film through the two characters because of how well written it was. I'm not into S&M and have no knowledge of that world but yet the film made the feelings and emotions of the characters easy to access and understand (and even if relating to them was beyond me, it was to its credit that the film never asked this of me). Shainberg's script deserves a lot of praise but his direction is also good in the way that he keeps much of the film ambiguous and intriguing.
The cast respond really well to this. I say "cast" as if it is group effort but it is really a double-hander from a talented pair. Spader is very good and manages to make a character out of what could easily have been a weak part of the film. He is convincing and has the complexity that one would associate with someone with an "unusual" fetish. Gyllenhaal is better as she develops her character across the film and seems to have totally understood who she is trying to be. Although their scenes were potentially challenging, their performances are strong enough to make them work well.
Overall then a film that is understandably select viewing with a subject that may put some off. However it is actually much more accessible than it appears at first glance because of how well the characters are written by Shainberg and realised by Spader and Gyllenhaal.
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- 22 déc. 2006
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Détails
Box-office
- Budget
- 4 000 000 $ US (estimation)
- Brut – États-Unis et Canada
- 4 059 680 $ US
- Fin de semaine d'ouverture – États-Unis et Canada
- 182 306 $ US
- 22 sept. 2002
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 9 304 609 $ US