Un ladrón común (Depardieu) irrumpe en la casa de una dominatriz profesional (Ogier) y comienza a ayudarla a entrenar a sus clientes.
Aunque este mundo es ajeno a su experiencia, descubre.
An un-glamorous, non idealized or dramatized take on bdsm that gives centrality to the ritualization of the subversion of social roles, the sociological aspect of the practice. Depardieu's (naive?
In Maitresse, a petty criminal, Olivier (Gerard Depardieu), and his accomplice break into and attempt to rob a flat. The flat is, in fact, an S&M dungeon, and Olivier and friend are apprehended by the mistress, Ariane (Bulle Ogier), and her vicious-looking Doberman pinscher.
This review is for the uncut version of this film, complete with elderly gentleman having his member nailed to a piece of wood. It's obvious that for the more serious S&M scenes a body double was used for Bulle Ogier (the body double has hands that look about 20 years older than Ogier's and she was probably a professional dominatrix).