Drama Comedy Romantic USA 2002 104 min xx Directed by: Steven Shainberg Screenplay: Erin Cressida Wilson Camera: Steven Fierberg Music: Angelo Badalamenti

Cast: James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren, Stephen McHattie, Patrick Bauchau, Jessica Tuck, Osgood Perkins, Amy Locane (more) Production: Andrew Fierberg Editing: Pam Wise Scenography: Amy Danger Masks: Cynthia Laws Costumes: Marjorie Bowers

SYNOPSIS NOTICE Crazy-acting heroine with sadomasochistic fantasies Lee returns from a psychiatric hospital, where her family placed her because of her tendencies to self-harm. Young LEE finds a job with lawyer Edward Gray and resolutely adapts to typing, making tea, answering phones and everything necessary. The first time she gets spanked by her boss for a poorly written letter, her hardened heart realizes that HE is the best. Mutual understanding grows as does their attraction despite the fact that she is employed and he is her boss. Gray punishes inventively and Lee suffers blissfully. However, her friend Peter is openly pursuing the young woman. Will „love“ win or duty, routine, stereotypes or calculus and prejudices?

MOVIE REVIEW

Bláznivo pôsobiaca hrdinka so sadomasochistickými fantáziami Lee sa vracia z psychiatrickej liečebne, kam ju umiestnila jej rodina kvôli jej sklonom k ​​sebapoškodzovaniu. Mladá Lee si nájde prácu u právnika Edwarda Graya a rozhodne sa prispôsobí písaniu, vareniu čaju, telefonovaniu, a všetkému potrebnému.

Keď ju šéf a excentrický advokát E. Edwarda Grey prvýkrát zbije za zle napísaný list, jej zatvrdnuté srdce si uvedomí, že ON je jediná spriaznená duša na jej nastavenie, stereotypy i očakávania nielen pracovne, ale aj osobne a intímne. Naozaj najlepší? Dvojitý fetiš s poobrátenou polarizáciou ako pravá láska?

Vzájomné porozumenie krok za krokom rastie, rovnako ako ich príťažlivosť. Napriek tomu, že je ona je slečna zamestnaná a on je jej šéf.

Gray ju vynaliezavo trestá a Lee blažene akože trpí, ale je to len slasť z utrpenia.

Jej súčasný priateľ Peter však mladú ženu otvorene prenasleduje, a ona istý čas nevie kto je ten pravý.. Zvíťazí „láska“ alebo povinnosť, rutina, stereotypy – alebo „kalkul a predsudky“?

Nedajte sa odradiť z komentárov, lebo napriek bizarnosti témy a spracovania, tuto ide o inteligentnú snímku o partnerstve medzi ženou a mužom, paradoxne napriek nadsázke a satire, čiže s odvážnou a artovo prínosnou formou.

IMDb rating: 6,9 xxx IMDb GALLERY: 15 wins and 26 nominations

English Summary of Conflicts: A crazy-looking heroine with sadomasochistic fantasies, Lee returns from a psychiatric hospital where her family has placed her because of her propensity for self-harm. Young Lee finds a job with lawyer Edward Gray and resolutely adapts to typing, making tea, making phone calls, and all the necessary. When her boss beats her up for the first time for a poorly written letter, her hardened heart realizes that HE is the only kindred spirit for her set-up, stereotypes, and expectations not only professionally, but also personally and intimately. Really the best? Mutual understanding grows step by step, as does their attraction. Despite the fact that she is a busy lady and he is her boss. Gray punishes her inventively and Lee blissfully suffers, but it is only the pleasure of suffering. However, her current boyfriend, Peter, openly pursues the young woman, and for a while she doesn’t know who the real one is. Will „love“ or duty, routine, stereotypes – or calculation and prejudice – prevail?

Critical essence: The film opus Secretary loosely resembles the films The Pianist and Bridget Jones’s Diary in theme. The advantage of this portrayal is that copulation is minimal and eroticism only as a cherry on the cake at the time of the discovery of the plot. It is not even about nymphomania, but about a cute fetish of dominatrix and submissiveness, here also a symbol of power, humiliation, complicity, and proof of a real attunement to permanent communication, and perhaps even a life choice. Paradoxically, satirical and hyperbolic communication creates a challenge for style and messages for the audience.

The creative audio-visual opus The Secretary reflects on the content of emotions, nymphomania, fetishism, and mental addiction along with the healing of a wounded soul, the will to control and be controlled, and also operates on the possibility of harmony and lasting values. Among the awards on the festival field, let’s mention the Special Jury Prize for Originality at the Sundance Film Festival 2002, and 15 trophies and 26 other nominations on the IMDb gallery.