There are a few films which try to deal with this type of lifestyle and none so far seem to have grasped the basics.
This is no exception.
The story follows a rather one dimensional surgeon who loses his wife to a drowning accident which almost claims his life as well. The story then fast forwards to the surgeon and his now teenage daughter attending her tongue piercing.
After being throw out of the piercing studio he stumbles into a BDSM dungeon and is attacked and choked semi-conscious by a dominatrix.
During this loss of consciousness he is able to reconnect with his dead wife. The remaining story is him and his experiences of seeing the same dominatrix in order to lose consciousness and her resistance to his goals.
There are quite a number of obvious issues with this particular movie. First off, there is no conversation about the sessions which makes no sense at all.
He basically turns up with a vague notion of seeing this woman and there is nothing discussed as to what these sessions are to be about.Seeing as these can cost literally hundreds of I am guessing Euros per hour its quite unbelievable someone would go through this without very good reason and specific ideas of their wants.
Contrary to what some believe its the client who makes the demands, is in control and sets the terms etc.
So this movie falls at the first hurdle in terms of reality as its the woman who seems to be dictating the sessions for her own enjoyment, not the paying customer.
Any straying outside of what was clearly agreed upon by both parties would be seen as abusive and the scene terminated.
Cliche number two is that the male gets so overwhelmed by whatever is going on that he risks his job and puts his pleasure before his child.
While the third cliche is that anyone involved in this lifestyle enjoys dancing to really bad electronic music in nightclubs filled with naked old men.
And the final one is that the man would get away with breaking social boundaries with the woman and he will eventually win her as a partner in the end.
The narrative has far too many holes to be realistic however these are basically middle class movies made in Europe for people who think they are smarter than average people because they watch stuff with subtitles.
The film itself is pretty bland and boring with lots of slow motion shots, dark rooms lit by neon and flashbacks.
The acting is particularly wooden and nobody has anything interesting to say. While I get some Euro countries people are reserved there is no life in anyone in this movie. People simply move about like drones and there are no interesting relationships at all.
Basically its hard to care about or like anyone in this and the BDSM scenes make no sense and the relationship is simply not believable.
Nor does it "shed light" on these lifestyles because it gets the basics of the relationship dynamic completely wrong.
I am sure a few art school students will think they are "worldly" after watching this but its neither engaging or entertaining.
The story follows a rather one dimensional surgeon who loses his wife to a drowning accident which almost claims his life as well. The story then fast forwards to the surgeon and his now teenage daughter attending her tongue piercing.
After being throw out of the piercing studio he stumbles into a BDSM dungeon and is attacked and choked semi-conscious by a dominatrix.
During this loss of consciousness he is able to reconnect with his dead wife. The remaining story is him and his experiences of seeing the same dominatrix in order to lose consciousness and her resistance to his goals.
There are quite a number of obvious issues with this particular movie. First off, there is no conversation about the sessions which makes no sense at all.
He basically turns up with a vague notion of seeing this woman and there is nothing discussed as to what these sessions are to be about.Seeing as these can cost literally hundreds of I am guessing Euros per hour its quite unbelievable someone would go through this without very good reason and specific ideas of their wants.
Contrary to what some believe its the client who makes the demands, is in control and sets the terms etc.
So this movie falls at the first hurdle in terms of reality as its the woman who seems to be dictating the sessions for her own enjoyment, not the paying customer.
Any straying outside of what was clearly agreed upon by both parties would be seen as abusive and the scene terminated.
Cliche number two is that the male gets so overwhelmed by whatever is going on that he risks his job and puts his pleasure before his child.
While the third cliche is that anyone involved in this lifestyle enjoys dancing to really bad electronic music in nightclubs filled with naked old men.
And the final one is that the man would get away with breaking social boundaries with the woman and he will eventually win her as a partner in the end.
The narrative has far too many holes to be realistic however these are basically middle class movies made in Europe for people who think they are smarter than average people because they watch stuff with subtitles.
The film itself is pretty bland and boring with lots of slow motion shots, dark rooms lit by neon and flashbacks.
The acting is particularly wooden and nobody has anything interesting to say. While I get some Euro countries people are reserved there is no life in anyone in this movie. People simply move about like drones and there are no interesting relationships at all.
Basically its hard to care about or like anyone in this and the BDSM scenes make no sense and the relationship is simply not believable.
Nor does it "shed light" on these lifestyles because it gets the basics of the relationship dynamic completely wrong.
I am sure a few art school students will think they are "worldly" after watching this but its neither engaging or entertaining.