The movie My Mistress starring Emmanuelle Beart (Mission Impossible) was released at the end of 2014 as an independent film that had received critical acclaim at the Melbourne International Film Festival. I remember seeing the preview on twitter through the movie's twitter account (@MyMistressMovie) and as a fetishist it was very visually stunning with the fetishwear alone, but the truncated S&M scenes that were weaved throughout the preview were a nice hook that would bring most in but leave them unsatisfied if that was all they were looking for. This movie was a nice trip into the minds of two people, both in different stations in life dealing with different types of pain. As the dominatrix Maggie, Beart told the young Charlie that her job was to make others forget about their pain, but little did he know the pain in her heart as he struggled with his feelings for her and his own pain.
Overview:
Charlie, a sixteen year old was very independent but had no idea of the blows that life dealt him in the span of one week. As he confronted these problems as best as a teenager could, Maggie appeared and he could not hide his fascination with her. He was very stalkerish in his approach as he first broke into her house as she was dealing with a submissive in her dungeon. His fascination turned higher as his fear kicked in and he proceeded to answer an ad that Maggie posted for a gardener. Maggie was not very happy to see him at her gate and she ordered him to go away, but he persisted and won her trust to allow him to work for her. There were ground rules and he followed them and managed to skate around them slightly. Maggie later invited him in for lunch as he worked one day and over conversation, it became apparent that Charlie wanted what Maggie could give him although he didn't know it at the time. As the movie progressed, they became closer and each revealed their secrets that linked them in their journey together but life, moving forward as a teen and Maggie moving forward in regaining her "vanilla life" became more clear to each. Other obstacles entered their realm as they became close, but those obstacles were signs (outside of the fact this grown woman was in a S&M relationship with a teenager) that each had seen each other through one of life's rough seasons.
At first, I was not good with the idea that the lead male character was sixteen years old (from a writing standpoint, obviously any grown woman with half a brain would NOT think this type of relationship would be a good idea) but it worked. If the character of Charlie were say a twenty year old, I think that would have muddled the outcome and made the movie clunky. I thought the relationship that Maggie had with a man who was close to her and her problem wasn't in my opinion made very clear but overall the movie was very good. I give it a 4 out of 5, check it out. Movie is available on Netflix and iTunes.
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