My Mistress

Charlie Boyd is sixteen and living through a long, hot summer in suburban Australia. His mother is having an affair with his father's best friend, and his anger and instability are pushing him away from her. A mysterious woman across the street, who receives visitors at all hours, has advertised for a gardener. Charlie takes the job and is drawn into the world of Maggie, a beautiful French dominatrix who specialises in pain. What begins as a strange, almost innocent connection grows into something neither of them expected, and as Charlie leans on her to escape his grief, the relationship turns increasingly dangerous.

My Mistress was directed by Stephen Lance, who wrote the screenplay with Gerard Lee. It was Lance's first feature film as director. Emmanuelle Béart plays Maggie, with Harrison Gilbertson as Charlie, Rachael Blake as his mother Kate, Socratis Otto as Leon, Leah Purcell as Audrey and John Reynolds as Client X.

The film was released in November 2014 and runs 104 minutes. It is an Australian production from Mini Studios. On IMDb it holds a rating of 5.4 from around 2,300 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 5.1 from roughly 75 votes. A critics' rating of 4.5 from nine reviews places it below even the modest audience scores, suggesting a mixed reception overall.