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The Chambermaid Lynn (2014)

The Chambermaid Lynn poster
Original title
Das Zimmermädchen Lynn
Directed by
Ingo Haeb
Genre
drama film, comedy film, comedy drama, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
14A
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A hotel maid secretly observes a dominatrix and her client from inside their room. Her hidden spying draws her into a strange dynamic between the two.

intimateobservantquirkyunderstatedslow-burnvoyeuristicplayfulrestrained

What happens

The Chambermaid Lynn (German: Das Zimmermädchen Lynn) is a 2014 German comedy-drama film written and directed by Ingo Haeb, adapted from Markus Orths' novel. It is about a maid (Vicky Krieps) who, while hiding in people's hotel rooms, happens to spy upon a session between a dominatrix (Lena Lauzemis) and her client (Christian Aumer). It premiered at the Filmfest München on 2 July 2014 and was released in Germany on 28 May 2015. It won two awards at the Montreal World Film Festival, including a FIPRESCI Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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