“Good,” he murmured. “You remember the difference between acting submissive and being submitted.”
The film progresses through a distinct hierarchy of needs. Initially, Emma Marx (Penny Pax) thinks the relationship is purely about the physical thrill (sex and sensation). However, Boundaries forces her to confront the top of the pyramid: emotional vulnerability. The "boundaries" in the title aren't just about what she will or won't do sexually; they are about the walls she has built around her heart. The movie posits that submitting to a contract is easy, but submitting to the possibility of being hurt emotionally is the true test of trust. the submission of emma marx the boundaries 2015
And that, she realized, was the real submission: not to Julian, not to the event, not to 2015 or its curated transgressions. But to the terrifying, ordinary fact that she was alive, and that life required no signature. “Good,” he murmured