Variety
An act of cinephilic homage that transcends pastiche to become its own uniquely sensuous cinematic object.
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The Duke of Burgundy
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)
2014Rating: R18, Sex scenes106 minsUK
DramaFestival & Independent
- Director:
- Peter Strickland ('Berberian Sound Studio', 'Katalin Varga', 'Björk: Biophilia Live')
- Cast:
- Sidse Babett KnudsenMonica SwinnChiara D'AnnaEugenia Caruso
The Duke of Burgundy / Reviews
Total Film
It won’t be for everyone, but Burgundy is rich, dark and could well lead to intoxication.
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The Telegraph
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 Guardian
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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Empire Magazine
If you’re willing to enter its world, it’s an immensely rewarding, amusing, wise, melancholy and involving experience.
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