Directed by:
Peter StricklandScreenplay:
Peter StricklandCinematography:
Nicholas D. KnowlandCast:
Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D'Anna, Eugenia Caruso, Monica Swinn, Fatma Mohamed, Zita Kraszkó, Gretchen Meddaugh, Eszter TompaVOD (3)
Plots(1)
Sex, bondage, and butterflies: two women explore the extremes of carnal desire in this kinky, deliciously twisted tale of erotic obsession. In a crumbling European estate, butterfly researcher Cynthia (Sidse Babett Knudsen) and her lover Evelyn (Chiara D'Anna) repeatedly enact a sadomasochistic role-playing game, with Cynthia as the stern mistress and Evelyn her subservient sex slave. But as the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur, and Cynthia grows increasingly uneasy with Evelyn's insatiable appetite for punishment, their relationship is pushed to the limit. Dripping with dreamlike imagery, Gothic atmosphere, and a lush chamber pop score by Cat's Eyes, this critically-acclaimed, darkly comic erotic fantasia is a seductive feast for the senses. (Sundance Selects)
(more)Cast
![Sidse Babett Knudsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276256_e1ccb9.jpg)
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Denmark
Best movies:
After the Wedding (2006)
Villa paranoia (2004)
Mifune's Last Song (1999)
![Chiara D'Anna](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/654/159654030_a3b272.png)
Chiara D'Anna
Best movies:
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
The Duke of Burgundy (2014)
Eugenia Caruso
Best movies:
Youth (2015)
I demoni di San Pietroburgo (2008)
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
Monica Swinn
Belgium
Best movies:
The Duke of Burgundy (2014)
Doriana Grey (1976)
Barbed Wire Dolls (1975)
![Fatma Mohamed](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/000/164000624_392027.png)
Fatma Mohamed
Romania
Best movies:
Katalin Varga (2009)
In Fabric (2018)
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
![Zita Kraszkó](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/285/162285052_c66a5f.jpg)
Zita Kraszkó
Hungary
Best movies:
The Duke of Burgundy (2014)
Poligamy (2009)
Gretchen Meddaugh
Best movies:
Houdini (2014) (TV movie)
The Duke of Burgundy (2014)
Eszter Tompa
Best movies:
Without Air (2023)
Bibliotheque Pascal (2010)
Landgericht (2017) (TV movie)