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The Duke of Burgundy Movie Review

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Review for the film " The Duke of Burgundy"

Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video

Runtime: 1 Hour 44 Minutes

Certificate: UA

Released: 06-09-2014

Genre: Drama

Similar To: First Cow, Wendy, Lying And Stealing, Write When You Get Work

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CAST & CREW

Sidse Babett Knudsen

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Producer:

Andrew Starke

Director:

Peter Strickland

Movie Actor:

Fatma Mohamed

Eugenia Caruso

Zita Kraszko

Eszter Tompa

Monica Swinn

Chiara D Anna

Kata Bartsch

Movie Actress:

Sidse Babett Knudsen

First Assistant Director:

Judit Soltesz

Second Assistant Director:

Nadja Andrasev

Executive Producer:

Lizzie Francke

Ildiko Kemeny

Anna Higgs

Amy Jump

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Plot

Evelyn is studying scientific study of moths, under Cynthia, who helps her in academics. Evelyn is in love with Cynthia and works as a housekeeper in her home, where she is liable to be strict for neatness. At the point when Evelyn does not finish assignments, she is punished. Day by day, Cynthia lose strength and start writing a script for particular scenes. Evelyn reads the scripts and finds that it is all about physical attraction and thus Cynthia enacts as to satisfy her lover.

She endeavors to please Evelyn by requesting a carpenter to prepare a bed with a cabinet underneath for Evelyn to rest but, Evelyn is not happy with the time span it will take to deliver the bed, and at last, rejects the gift. Evelyn starts to request that Cynthia secure her a trunk at night as punishment. Cynthia concurs, however she is angry about the new physical partition.

Cynthia additionally ends up reluctant about her maturing. She expresses her sad story on Evelyn's birthday when she requests that Evelyn prepare her own birthday cake, which Cynthia eats while leaning back with her feet laying all over her face.

The couple's relationship turns out to be more stressed as Evelyn's desires go unfulfilled. At long last, Cynthia blames Evelyn for cleaning another teacher's boots, which she considers to be a sign of disloyalty. The two, in the long run, appear to make up. The film ends with the couple experiencing a similar play routine seen at the films begin.

Star Performance

The star cast has done a satisfactory role and tried to portray their characters well.

Analysis

Peter Strickland is the most famous directors in the industry whose achievements have no limitation and is always ready with a new idea of the story.

What's there?

1. The film teaches us a lesson about being patient and how to handle a relationship.

2. Great costume designs and outfits.

What's not there?

1. The technical team could have done a better work.

Verdict

Another mysterious love story that would be splendid to watch. So people watch it.