Sidse Babett Knudsen (TV’s Borgen) leads this erotic drama from the director of Berberian Sound Studio as a woman with a keen interest...
Sidse Babett Knudsen (TV’s Borgen) leads this erotic drama from the director of Berberian Sound Studio as a woman with a keen interest in moths, butterflies, and testing the sexual limits of her lover.
"Much like the rare caterpillar-butterfly of its title, Peter Strickland shifts The Duke of Burgundy from a classic melodrama into a perverse, lesbian, sadomasochistic experience, and all done with an artist’s eye for mood and detail. Both the gothic scenery and haunting score envelop the senses and manipulate the viewer into a feeling of frenzy. Elevated by powerful and sensual performances by the two female leads, Strickland’s strange film achieves a unique beauty and profundity that rests between David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr. and Luis Buñuel’s Belle De Jour." (Hamptons International Film Festival)
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"An act of cinephilic homage that transcends pastiche to become its own uniquely sensuous cinematic object."
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Variety
Variety"It won’t be for everyone, but Burgundy is rich, dark and could well lead to intoxication."
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Total Film
Total Film"The film has a traditional appeal that's wholly separate from its surface."
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Time Out
Time Out"The Duke of Burgundy is hair-raisingly kinky stuff, although only after a while do we realise the film itself is engaged in role-play with its audience..."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"It's a considerable work of art, and one that touches on a rarely discussed side of human sexuality completely free of judgement."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Visually ravishing, emotionally wise, and kinky as a coiled rope..."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"If you’re willing to enter its world, it’s an immensely rewarding, amusing, wise, melancholy and involving experience."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineThe Duke of Burgundy | Details
- Runtime
- 106
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- UK
