This movie provides a glimpse into the lives of two people who are living “the lifestyle”.

At the beginning there’s is a short interview with Don (at least I think that’s his name.) He’s a tall, slender young man with earrings and close-cropped hair, and he explains a bit about himself and how he got into the BDSM scene. He talks about discovering himself as a submissive when he met a “wonderful mistress”. But as we soon learn, he’s not a complete submissive. He likes to go both ways, he’s a BDSM switch

The next segment starts with a “Honey, I’m home” moment. Don walks through the door to his house/apartment. Angelica, an attractive, full-figured blonde, is waiting for him. She’s wearing “mistress” type clothing (a dark vinyl bustier with her breasts exposed), and she’s fiddling energetically with a paddle.

She tells Don that she’s bored and she wants to “play”. She orders him to strip. He does so, playing along. Angela gives precise, pointed commands about how he should remove his clothing. “Yes, Mistress” Don responds.

The “play” continues. Don is soon completely nude, blindfolded, and with a gag in his mouth. He’s led to spiderweb-looking contraption that’s made of thick metal chains. Very interesting home decor. He gets chained to it, hands and feet.

At some point the “play” takes on a different tone. Don loses the “yes mistress” attitude and lets some four letter words come out with regard to his feelings for Angelica. These two people have a history that we, the viewer, can only guess at. Various things and people from their past are alluded to in an accusatory fashion. Angelica spanks and paddles the chained and naked Don, who mutters things like “I’ll f____ you up” through his gag.

Angelica releases him because he “can’t handle it”. Don then decides to see how she can handle it. He wrestles her down to a red vinyl couch and starts spanking her. The verbal venom between the couple continues. Don appears to see himself as the teacher in this relationship, and Angelica is his not-so-apt student who must learn her lessons the hard way.

Don now has the upper hand. He has forced Angelica face down on the sofa with her butt sticking out. He paddles her with a wooden spoon. Her rear end becomes bruised. She’s very vocal, but I think involuntarily so. She seems to be trying to fight the pain, trying to hold back her gasps and her tears. She can’t.

Don makes her say that she’s “his property”. He makes her repeat it louder. He makes her say she enjoys it. She does so through clenched teeth and through the sobs that she can’t hold back.

He taunts her about her tears. He calls her “poor little baby”. He lectures her about her inability to fully embrace the lifestyle that they’ve chosen together. Apparently she’s supposed to accept the pain without crying.

The interpersonal dynamic in this movie is raw and real. It’s like watching a passionate fight and a passionate love session at the same time. It’s not always easy to tell where one begins and the other ends.

Angelica seems to have a very ambivalent feeling to the pain she endures. She wants to live “the lifestyle”, but not all aspects of it, or perhaps not to the extent that Don wants her to. Or maybe she wants it and she’s really enjoying herself though her tears. Don seems to think so anyway.

He gives orders and lectures her as he strikes her. She complies. He raises his voice a lot. He’s as emotional as she is, maybe more so. This may be a movie to me, but it seems completely real to them.

I recommend watching this movie. Part of my enjoyment was that I found it erotic to see the tables turned on Angelica and watch her transformation from a dominant, commanding mistress into a tearful, obedient sub. But it’s also an interesting, almost educational video. It’s like a mini-documentary about both domestic difficulties and the “sociological phenomenon” of the BDSM “lifestyle”. As this movie makes clear, however, BDSM is not a “sociological phenomenon” or a “lifestyle”. It’s the very real expression of the passionate and emotional needs of people who are no different than anyone else, people who are struggling to find themselves and to find happiness in their lives and their relationships. And just like with everyone else, they deal with jealousy, miscommunication, and failed expectations along the way.