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The Duke of Burgundy
Buy ticketsPeter Strickland brings out the butterfly collection in an erotic chamber play with exquisite performances by Sidse Babett Knudsen and Chiara D’Anna.
At first, it seems that butterfly professor Cynthia (Babett Knudsen) is just a terrible boss. She treats her maid Evelyn (D’Anna) with sadistic cruelty. But gradually, it becomes clear that everything is part of a sexual role-play. Through his breakthrough film Berberian Sound Studio, Peter Strickland became known as a film-historically conscious and aesthetically brilliant filmmaker. The colorful The Duke of Burgundy is characterized by the same combination of love for film history and curiosity about the innermost driving forces of people. It is at the same time a lesbian bondage film, a stylish pastiche of nostalgia-packed 70's erotica, and a powerful relationship drama. Everything is wrapped in the most beautiful, delicate butterfly wings.
- Jonas Holmberg
Language
English
Subtitles
Swedish
Original title
The Duke of Burgundy
Director
Peter Strickland