Barbet Schroeder

Maîtresse

Maîtresse

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.

Film Info

  • France
  • 1976
  • 112 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.66:1
  • French
  • Spine #223

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Barbet Schroeder
  • Interview with Schroeder
  • New and improved English subtitle translation
  • New essay by film critic Elliott Stein

    New cover by Eva Wah

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DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Barbet Schroeder
  • Interview with Schroeder
  • New and improved English subtitle translation
  • New essay by film critic Elliott Stein

    New cover by Eva Wah
Maîtresse
Cast
Gérard Depardieu
Olivier
Bulle Ogier
Ariane
André Rouyer
Mario
Nathalie Keryan
Lucienne
Roland Bertin
Man in cage
Credits
Director
Barbet Schroeder
Producer
Pierre Andrieux
Screenplay
Barbet Schroeder
Screenplay
Paul Voujargol
Cinematography
Nestor Almendros
Sound
Jean-Pierre Ruh
Editing
Denise de Casabianca
Sets
Roberto Plate
Costumes
Karl Lagerfeld
Music
Carlos D'Alessio

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