Continuity mistake: Lee throws her sewing kit and case of cutting tools into the river, as they hit the water we see a brief shot of them floating. When the shot changes to below the water, however, both items are sinking rapidly. (00:53:05)
Secretary (2002)
Plot summary
Directed by: Steven Shainberg
Starring: James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lesley Ann Warren, Jeremy Davies
Lee is released from an institution, "cured" of mutilating herself. Back home with her dysfunctional family she soon starts again. She gets work as a secretary for a sadistic boss, E. Edward Gray, and falls for him. One day he spanks her and they develop a S&M relationship. One night she arrives at his house - after her alcoholic father is admitted to hospital - and after that he treats her "like a secretary". She misses the other relationship, and tries to restore it. Then he fires her. She is about to marry her fiance when she realises she loves him, and returns to his office where he tells her to sit at his desk and not move until his return. She doesn't. Her fiance and others try to talk her round but she sits there, unmoving, for days.
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More mistakes in Secretary
Lee: In one way or another I've always suffered. I didn't know why exactly. But I do know that I'm not so scared of suffering now. I feel more than I've ever felt and I've found someone to feel with. To play with. To love in a way that feels right for me. I hope he knows that I can see that he suffers too. And that I want to love him.
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