Synopsis
A young provincial in search of adventure stumbles into the subterranean world of sadomasochism when he is implicated in a burglary of a Paris apartment. The apartment’s mistress runs a two-floor operation, all respectability above and a dungeon of punishment-seeking clients below. After the young man becomes her upstairs lover, she finds that the two levels of her carefully controlled existence begin to interfere with each other. Barbet Schroeder’s Maîtresse examines the line between fantasy and reality, decadence and deprivation, and the distance one will go for love.
Cast
| Olivier | Gérard Depardieu |
| Ariane | Bulle Ogier |
| Mario | André Rouyer |
| Lucienne | Nathalie Keryan |
| Man in cage | Ronald Bertin |
Credits
| Director | Barbet Schroeder |
| Producer | Pierre Andrieux |
| Screenplay | Barbet Schroeder and Paul Voujargol |
| Cinematography | Nestor Almendros |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Ruh |
| Editing | Denise de Casablanca |
| Sets | Roberto Plate |
| Costumes | Karl Lagerfeld |
| Music | Carlos D'Alessio |
Disc Features
- New high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Barbet Schroeder with restored image and sound and enhanced for widescreen televisions
- Exclusive video interview with Barbet Schroeder
- New essay by film critic Elliott Stein
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
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Maîtresse
by Feb 2, 2004A man of many worlds, Barbet Schroeder has crossed over from his position as producer and director of European art cinema in the 1970s to mainstream Hollywood production, while still remaining capable of extraordinary personal low-budget auteur films on the order of Our Lady . . .
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