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Secretary

Secretary

6,8 /10 (1,916 Votes)
2002 EN 111 min

Overview

A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.

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Release date

20/09/2002

Votes

1,916

Popularity

17.1

Assume the position.

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

111 min

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$9,300,000

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Wuchak

Wuchak

2018-03-25

⭐ 5

Dominance and submission at the office (um... no) RELEASED IN 2002 and directed by Steven Shainberg, "Secretary" is a romantic dramedy about a young woman (Maggie Gyllenhaal) who spent some time at a mental hospital for self-harm (e.g. cutting). She apprehends a job as a secretary to a quirky, arduous lawyer (James Spader) wherein their employer-employee bond turns increasingly sexual in a dominant/submissive way. This is the first mainline film in America to breach the difficult topic of BDSM, walking the balance beam between being either too amusing or too offensive. For those not in t…

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