The Duke of Burgundy

2014
The Duke of Burgundy
6.5| 1h44m| en| More Info
Released: 18 October 2014 Released
Producted By: Film4 Productions
Country: United Kingdom
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Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy as mistress and maid. But as their ritual of domination and submission begins to turn stale, Cynthia yearns for something more conventional, while Evelyn tries to push their taboos even further.

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sajidkhan-30022 This is extremely slow paced and boring movie and it is very hard to sit thru the entire movie. It certainly has no mystery element nor is it a drama. It's a documentation of lesbian relationship of 2 characters who were on screen for 99% of the movie and 1% was any other characters altogether. Watch if you have certain sexual preferences as you may find it a bit interesting, otherwise it is a Boredom of Burgundy.
Michael Ledo Nothing like a lesbian artsy film filled with insect metaphors to bring out the curmudgeon in me. I might even include a plot spoiler or two although I am not sure the film had a plot.Cynthia (Sidse Babett Knudsen) and Evelyn (Chiara D'Anna) are lovers and entomologists in a community of female entomologists which seems to represent some sort on insect community or perhaps it is the other way around. At home Cynthia is the queen bee while Evelyn is the submissive drone. Although we eventually find out Evelyn enjoys being the drone more than Cynthia enjoys being dominant...whose the naughty girl. It is a light S&M relationship that bored me to tears. It reminded me of an old Italian film , especially the sound track.I didn't get anything out of it.Guide: No swearing or nudity. Some F/F sex.
Deni The Slayer I like watching movies without reading the synopsis first, that way I was surprised after the suspenseful first scenes of the movie. I thought I was about to watch a relationship unfold, when in reality, it was already way past its honeymoon phase.Submission and domination, but who's really in charge? Cynthia, who's the older in the relationship, feels just so afraid of loneliness she has adjusted to the high and super specific demands of his younger sub, Evelyn. Cynthia cages herself in tight corsets and thights, scripts and an exhausting way of living provided by her lover, and it doesn't come off natural to her. To make insatiable Evelyn happy, she sleeps alone at night and has to still remain watchful in case the word that haunts her comes out of the cage. "Pinastri". And on again the next day, when Evelyn finds something new (or wants to revive the old desires) and demands her lover to pull the act. Cynthia becomes frustrated trying, but still does, in fear of losing her only one.I loved the romance and aesthetic. The butterfly studies give it a poetic magic. I didn't like certain pauses in the movie that kind of made it bland, but I still believe is a highly recommended film for those interested in "unusual love" and sexuality movies.
Andres-Camara The truth is that I have become quite bored. With two actresses who give everything and are great, there comes a time when I do not know if what you want to tell me is that even if you have perversions, the sex life becomes routine because I do not know the times we see the same things.What do we want to see the poetic plans for? I know that I am very rational and I do not like abstract cinema, but the truth is that I get all the poetic plans from the film.Let's not say the master classes of living beings, I'm just waiting for the sequence to end. How boring they are.Then we go back to the movie and see the same fact again. I was wondering if my movie was wrong and then I saw that no, that is that we wanted to repeat the same sequences to satiety.I think he has a great photograph, although the composition of the camera seems to me the most bland. It does not have a pretty address.While there are times when she is wearing Sidse Babett Knudsen if it is erotic but it is.I really like the costumes and makeup but it is not enough, logically.The truth is that I have become very long.