

- Romance, Drama, Comedy
- 111 min
- R
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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.
- Suicide or self-harm
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Intimate, spare, contemporary and classical in form.
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- James SpaderMr. Grey
- Maggie GyllenhaalLee Holloway
- Jeremy DaviesPeter
- Lesley Ann WarrenJoan Holloway
- Stephen McHattieBurt Holloway
- Patrick BauchauDr. Twardon
- Jessica TuckTricia O'Connor
- Osgood PerkinsJonathan
- Amy LocaneLee's Sister
- Mary JoySylvia
Crew
- Steven ShainbergDirector
- Erin Cressida WilsonScreenplay
- Steven FierbergDirector of Photography
- Angelo BadalamentiOriginal Music Composer
- Pam WiseEditor
- Amy HobbyProducer
- Steven ShainbergProducer
- Andrew FierbergProducer
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