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One of the most visually arresting films of 2015, Peter Strickland‘s The Duke of Burgundy follows a woman (Sidse Babett Knudsen) who studies butterflies and moths while testing  the limits of her relationship with her lover (Chiara D’Anna). Following a debut at Toronto International Film Festival this past fall, it’s now in limited release and today we’ve got the full alluring soundtrack by Cat’s Eyes (via The Playlist) and a batch of clips which show off the incredible visual style.

We said in our review, “At its best, Strickland disorients us until we aren’t certain what is real and what isn’t. And whether he wants us to see metaphor or not, you can’t help trying to reconcile the insects with the girls, once depictions of metamorphosis shine throughout from costuming, role playing, or the sense that an ornate punishment box only vacated with the safe word ‘pinartii’ is a cocoon. There’s blatant repetition, vantage point reversals, double exposures, and visually stunning transitions from a character’s gaze through a microscope into a fantasy playland of desires. These are minutely different from passages we’ve already seen yet are just as surreal until normalcy appears as nightmare, sadism as dream.”

Check out everything below with the soundtrack on Spotify (or on Soundcloud, if you prefer), and read out interview with Strickland here. We’ve also included a batch of beautiful art from Julian House.

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The Duke of Burgundy is now in limited release and on some cable VOD outlets.

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