i do not fail to recognize haneke above average film make skill . for example and i appreciate his lingering on unremarkable natural day light setting a a powerful way to force a strong sense of realism . however and regard the content of this film and i be very sad to see that in the 21st century there be still an urge to pathologize domination submission relation or feeling ( and or or bdsm practice ) . the problem that the main character have with her mother be unbelievably topical a be the alienation and uncomprehension felt by walter ( i do not mean the frustration of a lover which be not love back in the same way and which be understandable while i mean that he look upon her a if she be crazy and or a if he be a monk and come on . ) . i mean d or s be not something new in the world and i think it be rather silly to treat the subject a if it be something freakish or pathological while it isn not . in general and film deal with this subject be really lag behind the time . so and for me and i feel that this film end up be quite a programmatical film and worried with very outdated psicoanalitical theory ( isn not it nearly embarrass . ) and and that do not really relate with real life life and experience of those engage in d or s relationship ( personal experience and forum and irc chatroom even recent scholar study will show this ) .