William Marston (Luke Evans) was a Harvard psychologist who was also the creator of Wonder Woman (he also created, with his wife, the life detector machine). This film is a biopic about his life, as well as that of his wife (Rebecca Hall) and their young lover, a female student (played by Bella Heathcote) who at first joins them as an assistant while she was still a college student.
Living as a threesome in the early part of the twentieth century was shocking enough, but Marston and his wives were also into bondage and playacting fantasies, (most of which found its way into the pages of the early Wonder Woman comics written by Marston).
The gist of this film is a drama concerning a trio of people in an unusual relationship who are trying to live their lives, but who keep brushing up against societal conventions seemingly at every turn. It's a very well done movie in this regard, but if you're thinking it might offer you lurid thrills, you'll be disappointed, as that's not its main point.
But as these screen captures show, there is one scene where Bella Heathcote is tied up by Rebecca Hall while Heathcote is dressed somewhat like Wonder Woman. It's a provocative scene that not only signifies the beginning of the bondage in their relationship, but also of the creation of Wonder Woman herself.
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is highly recommended for comic book fans as well as those in the bondage community as being a heartfelt drama in its own right. For as Marston asks in the film, "What is normal?"
