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Fetishes
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Nick Broomfield and a documentary crew visit Pandora's Box, an up-scale house of bondage on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, where clients pay $175 an hour to be subservient to mistresses. Mistresses talk about their craft; a few clients, usually masked, are interviewed as well. Then, the camera watches sessions organized around fetishes: rubber, wrestling, corporal punishment, masochism, and infantilism. Mistress Raven, the owner of Pandora's Box, explains that pain need not be part of the subservient experience: it is, at its root, a transfer of power. After their session has ended, clients talk about how drained, relaxed, relieved, and at peace they are.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
$0
Runtime
84 min
Release Date
1996-09-12
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
26
Vote Average
5.654
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Mistress Beatrice
Nick Broomfield
Himself
Mistress Catherine
Mistress Delilah
Mistress Natasha
Mistress Raven
Elissa Wald
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