Secretary

"Assume the position."

Oct 11 2002 R 1h 47m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

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.

Plot

An emotionally fragile woman recently released from a mental hospital for self mutilation goes to school to gain secretarial skills to gain employment. She has an alcoholic father and a co-dependent mother who are clueless as to who she really is which a tormented soul who really wants to find something with which she can find success. She is a great secretary and finds a job with a unique, old fashioned, but off center in charge boss with a somewhat sadistic sexual proclivity. She grows and evolves and so does he.

Written by

Erin Cressida Wilson, Mary Gaitskill, Steven Shainberg

Directed by

Steven Shainberg

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

TwoPoundBag Productions, double A Films, Slough Pond

Languages

English

Awards

15 wins & 26 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
103,398
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
63
Popularity
NA