Check to the Queen

Check to the Queen

She Had Everything Except the Bondage and Humiliation She Craved

1969 · 95 min · ★ 4.7 · Romance, Drama

Silvia is young, beautiful and rich. When her husband goes on a business trip, she starts working as a secretary for Margaret, a famous film star. Margaret appears to have no problems giving her what she wants and turns her into a sex slave- little by little, she subjects herself to increasingly serious humiliations in a masochistic relationship.

Directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile · Written by Brunello Rondi

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