The read
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 87% of the 6,933 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic87/100
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
389 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter StricklandDirector
- Faris BadwanOriginal Music Composer
- Rachel ZeffiraOriginal Music Composer
- Peter StricklandWriter
Cast
- Sidse Babett KnudsenCynthia
- Chiara D'AnnaEvelyn
- Eugenia CarusoDr. Fraxini
- Zita KraszkóDr. Schuller
- Monica SwinnLorna
- Eszter TompaDr. Viridana
- Fatma MohamedThe Carpenter
- Kata BartschDr. Lurida
- Gretchen MeddaughDr. in audience
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Themes
sadomasochismlesbian relationshipbutterflyautumnerotic moviedominance submissiveness