Barely. Less sad than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Barely. Less frightening than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Not especially. Less violent than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Fetishes easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Fetishes end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Fetishes

Name: Fetishes
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1996
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Mistress Beatrice, Nick Broomfield, Mistress Catherine, Mistress Delilah, Mistress Natasha

Directed by Nick Broomfield

199684 min5.9 / 10

A clinical, observational documentary that explores BDSM as a consensual power-exchange practice, treating its practitioners and clients with anthropological curiosity rather than judgment.

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.

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Genres

Documentary

Keywords

Bondage Fetish Fetishism Dominatrix Femdom Bdsm Manhattan, New York City

Questions people ask

Is Fetishes sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.
Is Fetishes scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.
Is Fetishes violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Is Fetishes easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.
Does Fetishes end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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