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So what do I think about this film? “Bitter Moon” is nowhere in the same league as Polanski’s better films, such as Rosemary's Baby (1968), Chinatown (1974) and The Pianist (2002). However, since I write reviews for an e-zine dedicated to Female Domination, I must give credit to this mainstream motion picture for its D&S scenes and its D&S references.

I’m not quite sure if a movie like “Bitter Moon” is a positive or a negative for those of us who practice D&S. It’s definitely not the kind of film I would recommend to watch in order to begin a dialogue with a novice on the subjects of FemDom女性支配 — female domination or D&S.

People will draw their own conclusions about the moral of this movie. Some will find it to be about the dangers of sexual obsession (Oscar). Some will say it is about the dangers of sexual infidelity (Nigel). Some will say it is about the dangers of relationship dependency (Mimi). Some might think it is about the dangers of the proverbial seven year itch (Fiona and Nigel). And some might even think it is about the dangers of kinky sexual practices.