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Pina Bausch dancer Mechthilde Grossmann plays Wanda, a dominatrix who runs a "gallery" in a building on the Hamburg waterfront, where audiences pay for the privilege of watching her humiliate her slaves. Along the way, Wanda leaves her German lesbian lover, a shoe fetishist, for her American "trainee," and does more than step on the toes of a male performer who has broken the rules of the master/slave relationship by falling in love with her. Rather than dwelling on the rituals and perfomances, the film explores the psychological aspects of power and submission, and focuses on the shifting roles in S&M relationships.
"Probably the only intelligent inside view of consensual sado-masochism ever put on film." NOW, Toronto
"Seduction is a stunner... this is S&M by Avedon, outfits by Dior" Marcia Pally, Film Comment
Editor's Note
The psychological aspects of S&M are examined in this tale of a German lesbian dominatrix who charges audiences to watch her and her slaves, both male and female, playing their respective roles. The dominatrix ultimately becomes torn between her lover and a trainee from America.
Plot Summary
This stylish film explores the psychological aspects of sadomasochism. Wanda, a dominatrix, operates a unique club on the Hamburg waterfront which caters to customers' S & M fantasies. The movie delves into her relationships with the various people in her life, including her German lesbian lover (who is a shoe fetishist), and a male performer at the club who has fallen in love with her, violating the rules of the master/slave relationship.
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Release Information
| | Studio: First Run Features |
| Release Date: 8/19/2003 |
| Original Release Date: 1985 | | Catalog ID: 910774-D | | UPC: 00720229910774 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: German | | Available Audio Tracks: German | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | Los Angeles Times
"...[This] ambitious and complex film is constantly surprising..." 09/01/1989 p.C14Village Voice 7 of 10
This is the most sophisticated lesbian film I've ever seen, carefully stylized in the color-coordinated mode of the late Fassbinder. Or like Helmut Newton photography come to life. - C. Carr
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