Radley Metzger

Perhaps the darkest and most explicit of Radley Metzger's films (aside from the ones he directed under the pseudonym Henry Paris), The Image explores the sadomasochistic relationship between a man, an older woman and her younger mistress. The film opens up in Paris, where Jean (Carl Parker) accidentally meets his old friend Claire (Marilyn Roberts) at a fashionable party. She introduces him to the stunningly beautiful and elegant Anne. By the end of the night, he realizes that the two women are lovers. Sort of - they actually have a master/slave relationship.

Jean discovers that Anne cannot get enough of being humiliated by her mistress, Claire. Gentleman that he is, he decides to partake in the activities. Ultimately, Claire surrenders to him as well.