Submission

Submission

The more erotic it gets... the more beautiful it feels.

1976116 min6.2 / 10

A dark, intimate portrait of a woman's descent into sexual and psychological domination within an affair that transforms desire into degradation.

In wartime France, Pharmacist Eliane begins a torrid affair with her shop assistant Armand, but she soon becomes dominated by him. He demands more and more from her, humiliating her and putting her family at risk.

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