All language subtitles for -The.Sexual.Liberation.of.Anna.Lee.2014

Well, nothing in your blood work
indicates that this is an issue with

we might want to explore the possibility
that this is something else.

Maybe something psychological.

I grew up in a single -parent home with
a mother who valued modesty and chastity

above everything else.

One time she caught me masturbating and
just beat me so hard I couldn't sit down

for a week.

So yeah, I'm aware I have issues.

What I'm trying to do is fix them.

What about something unconventional?

It's called the Variel House. It's run
by a brother and sister team.

Their practice is fairly controversial,
and as a medical professional, I can't

endorse what they do publicly, but what
I can tell you privately is that their

work is effective and has been for
nearly everyone I've sent their way.

What do you mean by controversial?

You'll be asked to do things that might
make you uncomfortable.

Tasks. Sexual exercises.

Exploration of your innermost desires.

See, Whitney and I, we don't practice
conventional therapy.

We tailor our treatment to the specific
needs of our patient.

We have a 95 % success rate.

Which is quite impressive, given the
fact that we only take on the most dire

cases, like yours.

But nothing is unfixable.

That is if you do the work.

The success or failure of your therapy
depends entirely upon you.

All we ask is that you do the
instructions provided to you, even if it

you. And, believe me, some will scare
you.

I'll do everything you ask of me.

This isn't conventional therapy, Anna.

Don't expect conventional treatment.

Gage and I will provide you with a room,
food, all your basic necessities, soap,

shampoo. You'll be very well taken care
of here.

And there's to be absolutely no contact
with the outside world.

No phone calls, no letters, no
newspapers, no television shows, no

nothing.

We do ask that you video journal every
day.

It's up to you whether you want to share
it or not, but it is a requirement.

Just a way to document your journey
here.

To express the things that you might be
unwilling or able to share with Gage or

myself.

I need you to sign that.

That's a release that indemnifies us
against any liability in case you find

methods objectionable.

We've never had a problem, though,
before, but...

Just in case.

You didn't even read it.

If you can find a way to help me become
sexually free, I won't question how you

do it.

I just ask that you do it.

All right, then.

Oh, and another thing. There's another
patient being treated here right now.

You most likely will probably run into
him, but you are not to interact with

whatsoever.

Interrupting or interacting with another
person's therapy can actually nullify

the results we're trying to find here.

Not talking to men has never really been
a problem for me.

No offense.

We'll try and make your stay here as
comfortable as we can.

Now therapy, especially our approach to
it, isn't inherently comfortable.

It's meant to push you past your limits.

You have to get out of your comfort zone
if you want to make progress.

Tasks will be given to you any time, day
or night.

You're not to question them. You're to
complete them.

Everyone's scared in the beginning,
Anna.

It's completely natural.

It's the process.

Leave the rest to us.

Welcome to your first task, Anna.

Thanks.

So, based on my understanding of your
case, sex drive and desire aren't really

an issue for you.

It's more of a fear of sexuality, is
that right?

Yeah.

You know, fear usually stems from
insecurity, which is often just the

overthinking and overanalyzing.

An inability to simply...

Let go and live within the moment.

So today, instead of standing on the
edge of the cliff wondering how far down

that fall is going to be, you're just
going to jump right now

with me holding your hand.

What are you going to make me do?

Sexuality is much more than just the act
of sex.

how something feels against your
fingertips, on your tongue.

Don't be scared.

Just enjoy the feeling, sensation.

The human form should never intimidate
you.

Not yours.

Not anyone's.

See, that's not so bad, was it?

Kind of.

Can I take this off now? No, we're not
done yet.

Walk straight ahead.

Sensuality is about using all of your
senses.

Sight, touch, taste, sound.

I just want you to focus on the breath
and the sound that you hear for the next

20 minutes.

It's going to be a little longer than 20
minutes.

Lucky me.

Just relax.

Listen to everything.

Observe.

Visualize everything you're hearing.

Afterwards, I encourage you to journal
about everything you thought,

everything you heard.

Yes, exactly.

Yeah. Give it that dirty little hole it
deserves.

Yeah. Nice good fucking...

If she didn't know, she will later.

It's 5 .30 p .m., August 3rd, 2013.

This is...

Definitely not what I signed up for.

I don't know what I signed up for, but
it wasn't this.

I touched a man's penis.

The penis of a man I've never even met
before.

Or even seen before.

What nothing

What

I

I didn't touch her penis Earlier, did

I?

Look, sweetheart, if you were to touch
my penis, I think you'd remember.

Put it in your mouth.

Oh, look at you.

This isn't me.

Of course it's you. It's always you.

Dressing a dull girl in sexy clothes
doesn't suddenly turn her into a

sex goddess.

It only works in the movies.

Well, if that was all this was about,
then you'd be right.

What is this about?

Sexuality comes from within, whether
someone's dressed to reflect that or

If you dress the part, you'll feel the
part.

Then you'll begin to embrace the part.

Just live in this moment for today.

You can question it later.

Oh, and your closet is filled with a
whole new wardrobe.

Should you decide to experiment with
this idea on your own?

And it's all yours to keep.

Enjoy.

Well... This is easier than yesterday's
task.

I think.

I can barely get to work without
thinking about it.

I'm in complete control of the
situation.

And, uh, when I get home...

There she is, tied to my bed.

She's been tied up all day?

Yeah.

Since I left for work.

About ten hours.

And, uh, no breaks, no food, no water,
nothing.

Just waiting.

And I can see the relief in her eyes
when I walk into the room. I can tell

ready to fuck.

And trust me, she got off on the waiting
as much as I got off making her wait.

I almost wanted to leave her there for
another ten hours, but it's just...

Not worth the money.

Do you always pay for sex?

Yeah.

Every time.

See, it's just a fucking goodbye.

It's worth everybody.

No entanglements.

Exactly.

And this one just has huge, beautiful
breasts and a beautiful face beneath

mask.

Why the mask?

Because I like the idea that she's just
a body that I'm fucking.

You know, a stranger with no identity.
It's that whole connection thing

that just kills it for me every time.

It can get messy.

Yeah. Yeah, it can.

Then what?

Well, there was a slit in the bottoms of
her lingerie. I slide my finger in.

She's already wet and just writhing
against me.

See, she craves that stranger fuck just
as much as I do.

I mean, hell, she does it for a living.

And I don't know what it is about her,
but something just kept, I don't know,

just sucking me deeper and deeper into
this moment with her, and I was just

fucking scared the hell out of me.

Ugh.

Too real for you, huh?

If you don't see them, they don't see
you. It's just easier.

Yeah, it is.

What do you think would happen if you
really had a sexual connection with

someone?

I don't ever want to be one of those
people who gets lost in another person.

No, it's not for me.

Connecting with another person doesn't
mean you have to lose yourself.

Sexual intimacy frees you in ways you
can't even imagine right now.

Sometimes I wonder if we're all wearing
masks.

Hiding who we are.

Fearing who we are?

I mean, inside I crave sex.

I want to be fucked, touched, consumed.

My body refuses to let me act on my
thoughts.

My body's holding me prisoner.

I don't want to lose myself in someone
else.

I want to be able to find myself in
them.

Hey, Whitney tells me you did well with
your task today.

The penis touching?

Not really.

I wouldn't discount that.

Especially the fact that you completed
the task.

Some people may have rejected it
entirely.

This is for you.

This will likely help you.

The more you know about yourself, the
more you can learn about others.

I don't need this.

Everybody masturbates.

If they don't, they should, because it's
natural.

Listen, Anna, don't let the baggage of
your childhood stifle your adulthood.

You define your sexuality, not your
mother, not your upbringing, you.

And you can create the kind of sexual
identity that you want.

Pretty.

Feminine.

Delicate.

What do you see?

Beyond the obvious. Beyond what's in
front of you.

And don't be so literal.

Tell me who she is as a sexual entity.

Let your mind create this lush, rich,
visual picture of her.

She is beautiful.

You're going to have to dig deeper,
Anna.

What you see is a reflection of you.

And if what you see is only on the
surface, then that's where you're going

stay. You're going to be stuck.

You're going to be emotionally
unreachable, untouchable. You're going

unwilling to even open yourself up and
see new things.

Use your imagination. Tell me who she is
through your eyes, not from beyond

these towering walls that you've put up.

She is...

seductive, tempting almost.

And she has a mouth that opens quickly
when it's kissed.

She always kisses with full tongue, open
and full

and all -encompassing.

There's a mystery to her.

A secret about her that only she knows.

And it lures you in.

It captivates you.

Entrances you.

She's comfortable in her own skin and
prefers to be naked.

But she takes time in how she dresses.

If only for the moment when she
undresses.

Everything is a seduction.

from the clothes she takes off to the
clothes she leaves on.

She likes to be the seducer, but never
the aggressor.

She likes the power that she has over
men.

She can turn even the tamest one into an
animal.

She likes to be bitten, sometimes hard.

She doesn't require a ton of foreplay or
build -up. And by the time you really

touch her,

She's already dripping wet.

She likes a man that doesn't take his
time with her.

She prefers that he throw her down and
simply take her.

Mm -hmm.

Please, Mark.

Please, Mark. Yes, yes.

She never leaves unsatisfied.

She always makes sure to get exactly
what she wants.

That was excellent work, Anna.

You shared your sexual observations with
us out loud.

You didn't run away from it. You didn't
bottle it up.

And that is a sign of the progress that
you've made here.

Your imagination is a powerful, powerful
sexual tool.

You're really good at reading people's
turn -ons.

Or maybe you're just talking about your
own.

There's a shift starting to happen
inside of me.

I can feel it.

I can feel the walls starting to
crumble.

Come in.

Don't look so nervous.

It's overshadowing the confidence that
wants to take you over.

Right.

You don't feel it?

Maybe a little.

Don't worry. It'll become more evident
as time goes on.

Should I just come back another time?
No, not at all. I actually need both of

you, so come in.

Today's work is going to be
collaborative, which Gage and I both

possibility at some point.

Emmett, I would like you to remove your
shirt and lie down on the bed.

Anna, you can go grab the massage oil on
the table, please.

Okay, so Emmett, I would like you to
focus on how it feels to experience

in a non -sexual medium.

The feeling of warm hands, someone
else's hands on your body. That

And Anna?

I would like you to get more comfortable
with touching a man's body in a more

connected way as opposed to the casual
genital exploration we did the other

So come on up here.

You can put some oil on his back.

Consider all the emotions and feelings
in this moment.

Fear.

An arousal.

Sensuality.

Safety.

Where does your mind go?

Does it wander somewhere else?

Does it stay here?

Don't be so gentle.

I wouldn't want to hurt you.

You won't.

Anna, straddle Emmett.

What?

Straddle him.

I want you to fuck me.

Please,

are you really going to eat me back?

I love it when you beg.

Anna, why are you being so tentative?

I'm not tentative.

Physically, you are. You're barely
touching him.

You know, I think maybe me being here is
distracting you, too.

No, no.

Well... I think for the betterment of
the experiment, I will leave you two

alone.

Enjoy this moment.

Connecting can be a really powerful
thing, even between two strangers.

It feels incredible.

I'm a little nervous.

I'm not that good with men.

That's okay.

I'm not so good with intimacy.

I did it.

Emmett scares me, not in a bad way and
not in a so

-scared -I -want -to -run -away kind of
way, but just in the power of my

attraction to him and my inability to do
or say anything about it.

Because even though I'm completely and
totally free in my mind, my body is

frigid.

I want to act on every sexual impulse,
not just fantasize about them.

I don't know. She's vanilla.

She probably likes the predictability of
sex.

Probably a big fan of missionary.

I don't know.

You're so much better at this than he
is.

What?

You asked me to describe her as a sexual
being, and that's what I see. No. It's

a projection of what you want to see.
Because you won't allow yourself to

vulnerable enough.

To get beyond that.

Well, sorry, Doc. I don't know what to
tell you.

Emmett, switch places with Anna.

It's your turn to be on the hot seat.

Do it.

Tell me who he is as a sexual being.

Paint me a picture.

Um, he likes sex.

No shit.

The rougher, the better.

Sometimes there's pain.

The pain makes him feel alive.

He seeks out anonymous sex.

Sex that comes and goes without any real
connection.

because he's uncertain if he's capable
of enjoying anything else.

But I'd venture to say that when he's
fucking somebody he doesn't know,

a part of him that wishes he did.

That way he could push the limits of sex
even farther.

More intensity, more passion, more pain.

He wants to indulge himself,

being open during sex.

So he fucks with his eyes open, but his
heart closed.

Very well done.

Yeah, bravo.

Fan -fucking -tastic. What the fuck was
that all about?

It's an exercise.

It's not an opportunity for criticism.

Not an opportunity for criticism? You
criticized me for telling me my

observations were invalid.

No, what I was saying was that you were
making a surface analysis.

You're the one holding back.

You're just phoning it in. You're going
through the motions.

Well, I'm sorry I'm not playing into
your stupid bullshit games and patting

on the back telling you how good of a
job you're doing helping us with all of

our little problems. Then leave.

Because I won't stop you.

I work with people who want to get
better, not crybabies who come in here

think they know everything.

If you want to get better and work
through your bullshit issues...

Then I suggest you start bringing
something more to the table than just

attitude.

I think it's time we step up the game
for both of you.

What's that, electroshock therapy?

No.

You're going to work on your task
together from this point on.

Why?

She just won bullshit analysis to me and
now she's a fucking expert?

You sound intimidated.

I'm not intimidated.

Good.

Then you'll be able to do the work.

Oh, this is just going to be magical.

Today's task, slow dance.

Never breaking eye contact with each
other.

Come together.

Feel each other's bodies moving together
against one another.

Fluid, sensual motion.

Feel the heat.

The unspoken sensuality of it.

I don't mean to be disrespectful or
anything. I just really don't see the

of this.

No questions.

Just do the work.

Today's task.

Explore the eroticism of taste.

Not just with food or with drink, but
taste each other's skin.

You know, I don't plan on tasting any
part of you.

We're supposed to complete our task.

Yeah, well, you know what, sweetheart?
You want to taste me?

Taste away.

Each person has their own distinct
taste, and that can be addicting.

When it's somebody you're physically
attracted to, it can open up a whole new

element of your sensual experience.

Today's task, undress one another.

Remove every item of clothing until
you're standing in front of one another

completely naked.

Don't judge one another.

Simply observe.

Take in every curve, every muscle, every
hair.

Okay. So you weren't the guy I touched
the other day?

What makes you say that?

You're a lot bigger than he was.

Today's task.

Have a glass of wine and share with each
other a sexual fantasy.

Something you've never told anybody
before.

I like the idea of being spanked.

Punished for bad behavior.

Begging for the punishment.

A game of deprivation and denial.

Like, not fucking for long periods of
time.

Spanked so hard that it leaves a mark.

Like withdrawals from a drug that makes
your whole body ache.

And finally getting into the temptation.

So that, long after sex...

you can still see the imprint on your
body.

Like that ultimate high, but with
another person.

Today's task.

Discover the erotic in the mundane.

Everything is an opportunity for you to
embody your own sexuality.

Live in the moment.

Today's task.

Play the game of trust with one another.
One of the greatest things you can ever

enjoy is the unwavering trust you share
with another human being.

Now it's your turn.

No, you can't hold my weight.

Try me.

No, I don't want to hurt you.

You won't.

No.

Today's task.

Do something completely out of the
ordinary.

Let yourself live in that moment.

Don't mock it.

Embrace it.

Understand what it means to exist
outside of your comfort zone and let

take pleasure in the risk.

Today's task.

Reveal a hidden secret.

With the enclosed body paints, use each
other's bodies as your canvas.

Write down the first sexual thought that
comes to your mind.

Write it somewhere that only you can
see.

Something you might be scared of
admitting or saying out loud.

And then, afterwards, wash it off.

Notice how the private admission makes
you feel.

Are you confident?

Turned on?

Amused?

Afraid? Today's task.

See one another.

Not with your eyes only, but with the
energy surrounding one another.

Feel the connection you share through
this experience.

Can I ask you something?

Sure.

What made you come here to the burial
house?

I don't know.

I guess I, uh...

Just got tired of being me.

What happened to you that made you like
to detach so much?

You know, no matter how good you think
things are going or how much you think

you love someone, it just never works
out in the end.

And it's just easier not to care in the
first place.

I wouldn't know. I've never loved anyone
before.

You know, that might be a good thing.

I doubt it.

I trust Emmett now.

Fully and completely.

And now I can't stop thinking about him.

I want to feel him deep inside of me.

His breath on my neck. His tongue in my
mouth.

I have this ache that my mind's not
going to satisfy anymore.

My body needs to.

He's gone.

Five percent failure rate.

Did he say where he was going?

Back to his life, I suppose. I mean,
where does anybody go when they leave?

He just outright quit. He didn't give a
reason.

Some people can't handle the work.

He was doing so well.

Anna, people's demons aren't so easily
defeated.

Anyway, he's gone.

And soon enough, you'll be too.

What do you mean?

Today's your final task.

Whitney and I believe that you've come
about as far as you can under our

tutelage. Are you ending my treatment
because he left?

We had so much more to explore and
experience together.

Anna, this wasn't about you forging a
relationship with another person. It was

about you finding that point where you
were sexually free.

I don't want it to be over.

I don't want to go back.

I don't want to live in a world where
sex is just an issue to solve or a

to fix or something to run away from.

I don't want this process to end. It
never ends, Anna. Whether it's in here

it's out there. It didn't end for Emmett
because he left.

And it doesn't end for you either.

Listen, the true test of progress is not
who you are when you're safe.

It's who you are when you're not safe.

Now... I know you're going through some
level of difficulty emotionally with

your friend being gone.

But you need to recognize just how far
you've come with him and without him.

Today's task is to surrender.

To allow yourself to feel a sexual
intensity at the hand of another person.

To allow yourself to let go of every
hang -up, every fear, and every

and allow yourself to be truly pleasured
by another.

Don't allow Emmett's departure to be a
reason for you to stop moving forward.

Grrrr!

My God.

It's been a true pleasure seeing how far
you've come.

And just like that, it's over.

Just like that, it's beginning.

Yeah.

Thank you guys both for everything,
really.

With all your efforts, we just provided
a little guidance.

I have something I want to give both of
you.

It's my own little task for you guys.

Whitney and Gage, for the past month
you've truly opened my eyes to a world I

never thought was possible.

You chipped away at every issue and
helped me see the beauty and sensuality

all things.

I leave the varial house a confident,
self -assured woman, ready to take on

world one day at a time.

I only hope that Emmett can one day know
such freedom.

I left my video journal on my dresser. I
don't know if you have any idea where

he's gone to.

But if you do, would you mind sending it
along to him?

It's an important part of my own sexual
journey that I hope might help him in

his own.

September 12, 2013.

This is the last of my video journals.

Emmett left.

He just left a note and disappeared.

Part of me wanted to disappear after
that.

But then I realized my work was already
done.

and running away with serving a purpose.

I mean, when I started, I was just this
guarded and stifled woman.

But then the walls and the fears and the
insecurities started to fade, and I

became this new, sexual, confident
woman.

And I know that a large part of that was
because of him.

I know my connection with him wasn't
just one -sided.

And the things I felt in every look and
experience we had together wasn't just a

task.

I wonder if Gage were to give him
another assignment for him to paint a

of me and what he saw in me, if it would
be the same.

Or if our time together would have
changed him enough for him to see in me

everything that I saw in him.

How did you... Whitney gave me your
address.

Oh. What are you doing here?

Honestly, I just wanted to see how you
were doing.

I'm good. I'm really good.

to be rough with me.

No problem.

But first you have to earn it.

Well.

First deprivation.

Then reward.

And then punishment.

I said I never told you that.

I'm glad you did.

Amen.

The sweetness in your voice is just a
small part of the real you.

I think the real you is a sexual force
that just wants to get fucked like a bad

girl.

I'd also add that as soft and gentle as
you are, there's a major intimidation

factor in being around a woman that's
mind is equally as sexy as her body.

That's what I would say if I had to do
Gage's exercise all over again.

Well, good.