The Duke of Burgundy

MA15+

2014

106 mins

Directed by Peter Strickland
94%
65%
Drama

Sidse Babett Knudsen (TV’s Borgen) leads this erotic drama from the director of Berberian Sound Studio as a woman with a keen interest... More

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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The Duke of Burgundy | Ratings & Reviews

94_%109 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
65_%3,592 reviews
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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

"It won’t be for everyone, but Burgundy is rich, dark and could well lead to intoxication."

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Total Film

"The film has a traditional appeal that's wholly separate from its surface."

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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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