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Secretary (2002)

★ 6.8 · 1,884 ratings on TMDB

Assume the position.

Secretary poster★ 6.8

A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.

DirectorSteven Shainberg
CastAmy Locane, James Spader, Jeremy Davies, Jessica Tuck, Lesley Ann Warren, Maggie Gyllenhaal
GenresComedy, Drama, Romance
The emergence reading

Secretary keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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