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Tight 73-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Surrender
"Play by her rules."
2003 1h 13m EN
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4.3
SKIP
★4.3TMDB · 8
DramaRomance
Synopsis
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An erotic drama that submerges an innocent new arrival to the City of Angels in the intoxicating double life of her charismatic lesbian dominatrix housemate.
“Play by her rules.”
Cast
Julie Clay
Georgia Brown
Katherine Brooks
Salene McCadden
Jon Jacobs
John
Sophia Dia Pegrum
Isabelle
Lynn Klopfenstein
Summer
Carl Darchuk
Detective
Scott Falk
Detective #2 / Dog Slave
Norman Dostal
Neighbor
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Katherine Brooks
- Writers
- Katherine Brooks, Sophia Dia Pegrum
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Katherine Brooks directs. Jaime Reynoso behind the camera. Tchavdar Georgiev cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 73-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 23 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Katherine Brooks, shot by Jaime Reynoso. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Editor Tchavdar Georgiev shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Julie Clay and Katherine Brooks and Jon Jacobs carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "Play by her rules.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0315845 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 10Classified under 16 themes, including "double life", "self-discovery", "sexuality", "innocence".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Jaime Reynoso
- Editing
- Tchavdar Georgiev
- Production design
- Justine Klineman
- Makeup / hair
- Jessica Tingley
- Runtime
- 73 min · 1h 13m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- IMDB
- Surrender (2003)
Also by
Katherine Brooks
Production companies
Who made it
- VI
Visionbox Pictures
- ZE
Zero Pictures
JP
Key crew
- Co-ProducerKatherine Brooks
- ProducerJulie Clay
- ProducerWic Coleman
- Executive ProducerMichael Kastenbaum
- Executive ProducerJohn Bard Manulis
- EditorTchavdar Georgiev
- EditorScott Martin
- Production DesignJustine Klineman
- Production DesignSophia Dia Pegrum
- Art DirectionJustine Klineman
- HairstylistJessica Tingley
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- double life
- self-discovery
- sexuality
- innocence
- dominatrix
- lesbian relationship
- los angeles, california
- bdsm
- temptation
- woman director
- erotic movie
- newcomer
- intense
- women kissing
- erotic drama
- woman wearing boots
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2003-03-20
