For queer women feeling left out of the whole50 Shades of Grey dominant/submissive zeitgeist there’s an answer in the form of The Duke of Burgundy, and it looks like a much more thoughtful film than that big screen 50 Shades B.S. that’s due out on Valentine’s Day. The Duke of Burgundy features a love affair between two women in which one is master and the other servant, according to the synopsis from the American Film Institute, where the film screened earlier this year.
The film, from director Peter Strickland, stars Sidse Babett Knudsenas as a wealthy butterfly collector who engages in a psychosexual relationship with her housekeeper, played by Chiara D’Anna. Eventually the tables are turned and it’s not entirely clear who has the power.
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