The Duke of Burgundy

Every morning Evelyn (Chiara D'Anna) arrives at Cynthia's house as a maid, and Cynthia (Sidse Babett Knudsen) receives her as a stern, exacting mistress, though nothing says why the scene must be played the same way each day. Peter Strickland films the ritual in close detail. Cynthia now wants a conventional relationship, and Evelyn wants the rules pushed further, so each is asking for a change the other may not give.