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Thirty Years with the Whip

2024 · 89 min

A wry, intimate portrait that mixes candid testimony with playful reenactments, feeling humane and gently provocative rather than lurid.

Overview: A portrait of Rosa von Praunheim's neighbor, who worked for decades as a professional dominatrix in Berlin's Wilmersdorf district. While the real Lady MacLaine reflects authentically and wittily on her life and work, her life is retold in dramatized scenes.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, satirical and light. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, work, sexuality, power
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
work
sexuality
power
aging
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex strong