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Sidse Babett Knudsen (best known for Borgen ) is a marvel of micro-expression. As Cynthia, she is the reluctant dominatrix. She doesn’t want to punish Evelyn; she wants to read about butterflies. Watching Knudsen switch from stern cruelty to exhausted, loving tenderness in a single glance is a masterclass in acting.

A gorgeous, melancholic, and oddly moving study of the butterfly collector's paradox: The moment you pin down your desire to examine it, you risk killing it. The Duke Of Burgundy

Strickland is a sensory filmmaker. He is less interested in dialogue than in texture . The sound design is extraordinary: the whisper of a velvet glove, the click of a metal buckle, the hypnotic thrum of a moth’s wings against a glass jar. The cinematography (by Nicholas D. Knowland) is lush and anachronistic, full of deep, saturated reds and golds, giving the film the look of a 1970s European softcore art film, but without any actual nudity or explicit sex. Sidse Babett Knudsen (best known for Borgen )

The Duke of Burgundy is not for everyone. Viewers expecting a thriller or a traditional romance will be bored. Viewers expecting titillation will be frustrated. Watching Knudsen switch from stern cruelty to exhausted,