Secretary

After spending time in a mental institution, Lee Holloway (Gyllenhaal) is sent home to live with her parents, an overprotective mother (Warren) and an alcoholic father (McHattie). Wanting to take care of herself, Lee applies for and gets a job as a "Secretary" working for E. Edward Grey (Spader), an attorney who warns her that she is overqualified for the job and will most likely be bored. Excited about her job she works hard and does whatever her boss asks of her, and when Edward starts abusing Lee and inflicting pain on her she revels in her new position. After realizing what she needs to be satisfied, Lee trys to get her boyfriend Peter (Davies) to be rough with her but he won't do it and can't give her what she craves. Furthermore, after her boss realizes that Lee enjoys the abuse, it no longer excites him and he fires her, much to her dismay. But Lee will stop at nothing to get what and whom she wants... no matter what she has to do to get it! Based on the story "Secretary" By Mary Gaitskill. (Tricia Littrell)