Maîtresse (Mistress). 1976. Directed by Barbet Schroeder

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Maîtresse (Mistress). 1975. France. Directed by Barbet Schroeder. Courtesy Les Films du Losange

Maîtresse (Mistress). 1976. France. Directed by Barbet Schroeder. Screenplay by Schroeder, Paul Voujargol. With Bulle Ogier, Gérard Depardieu, André Rouyer. DCP courtesy Janus Films. In French; English subtitles. 112 min.

The vamp and the dungeon mistress, the Blue Angel and the Holy Whore: to this hoary history of cinematic femdom we must add Barbet Schroeder’s Maîtresse, a grotesque chamber piece involving Bulle Ogier as a dominatrix who ritually ministers to the cravings of her high-end, leather-hooded clients even as she becomes entangled in her own sordid relationship with house burglar Gerard Depardieu. Fresh from his documentary on the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, Schroeder cast real-life masochists in real-life BDSM rituals, filmed by Nestor Almendros with lavishly clinical precision.

This film accompanies Bulle Ogier: A Tribute.

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