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| Secretary |
Dir. Steven Shainberg US 2002
Adapted from a Mary Gaitskill short story, Secretary stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as
Lee Holloway, a woman who has just been released from a psychiatric institution.
Back at home she realizes that her family is as dysfunctional as her fellow
inmates have been, which triggers the relapse of her favorite past-time,
self-mutilation. Lee's S/M proclivities are shared by her new boss, Mr. Grey (James Spader)
and the two carry on a dance of dominance and submission in the workplace.
When Lee realizes her typos will incite a spanking she starts misspelling
on purpose. Mr. Grey is fearful of his growing attachment to Lee, which produces
self-loathing and blurs the line between their sexual role-playing. Secretary
is a surreal fairytale of untraditional romance and outsider sexuality. (104m)
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