Heir to an hotel empire (Christopher Abbott) and the Dominatrix who has primed him for success (Margaret Qualley) battle it out in a claustrophobic hotel room as he tries to end their relationship.
SANCTUARY – Review
Abbott’s Hal Porterfield prep to lead his late father’s hotel empire and arranges a final session with Rebecca (Margaret Qualley), a highly skilled Dominatrix. Rebecca has been providing services to help Hal become capable of being more dominant in his day-to-day in order to help him transform to be the person he believes he needs to be to follow in his father’s footsteps.
However, over the course of their relationship and her transformation of Hal, she believes she is owed something as the newfound confidence he has discovered is entirely her doing.
As the two engage in a battle of wits, will, and more, director Zachary Wigon balances the power dynamic between the two as he explores class, capitalism, gender roles, and BDSM in this psychosexual thriller.
If you never thought a woman was capable of coming for what she felt she deserved when she was wronged, Sanctuary will tell you you were mistaken.
Qualley’s sharp-witted and highly confident Rebecca isn’t what she appears at first glance and will open discussions about gender roles in ways you didn’t know possible. Through all prejudgements about relationships out the window when you walk into this one and you won’t be disappointed.
About Sanctuary
Rating: R, sexual content involving sadomasochism, graphic sexual language
Runtime: 96 minutes
Director: Zachary Wigon
Cast: Christopher Abbott, Margaret Qualley
Cinematography: Ludovica Isidori
Executive Producers: Margaret Qualley, Micah Bloomberg, Kyle Martin, Carole Baraton, Yohann Comte, Pierre Mazars, Elizaveta Chalenko, Maxim Dashkin, Jon Shiffman, Andrew Schwartzberg, Lisa Kjerulff, Nick Shumaker
Producers: David Lancaster, Stephanie Wilcox, Ilya Stewart, Pavel Burian
Screenplay: Micah Bloomberg
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