Secretary
Secretary is a 2002 American erotic romantic comedy-drama film directed by Steven Shainberg from a screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson, based on the 1988 short story of the same name by Mary Gaitskill. Starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader, the film explores the intense relationship between a dominant lawyer and his submissive secretary, who indulge in various types of BDSM activities such as erotic spanking and petplay.
Plot
Lee Holloway is the socially awkward and emotionally sensitive youngest daughter of a dysfunctional family. She adjusts to normal life after having been committed to a mental hospital following an incident of dangerous self-harm.
More details
author | Steven Shainberg |
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director | Steven Shainberg |
editor | Pam Wise |
events | dysfunctional family |
genre | comedy-drama romance |
keywords | awaken bdsm engage force hunger strike mental hospital move omorashi secretary self-harm self-injury sexual arousal sexual encounter sexually aroused socially awkward typo typographical error wedding gown wet her dress |
musicBy | Angelo Badalamenti |
producer | Amy Hobby Andrew Fierberg Steven Shainberg |
productionCompany | double A Films |
publisher | AFI Catalog of Feature Films Lions Gate Films |
theme | independent romantic comedy |