The Ceremony (2015)
La Cérémonie
In an extravagant house in Paris, people gather for sexual ceremonies in luxurious environments. The 83-year-old author, Catherine Robbe-Grillet is the brains and heart behind the erotic role playing. She is the dominatrix who controls what goes on and her partner, who is 31 years her junior, has promised to submit to her smallest command. Lina Mannheimer portrays a puzzling, intellectual and deeply fascinating woman who, accompanied by her husband Alain Robbe-Grillet, has dedicated herself to investigating sex both in life and in literature. The sadomasochistic ceremonies are presented with an intense presence and cinematic focus in this beautiful and thought-provoking debut film about desire, power and silk scarves.
- Date of release
- 2015-02-13
- TMDB
- 4.7 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Lina Mannheimer
Casting
- Catherine Robbe-Grillet — Self / Dominatrix
- Beverly Charpentier — Self / Dominatrix
- Dominique Corringer — Self
- Alain Robbe-Grillet — Self (archive footage)
- Christian Hersant — Self
- Claude Helleu — Self
- Ulriqa Fernqvist — Human table
- Emma Kim Hagdahl — Human table
- Daniel Yi Andersson — Beast
- Carl Olof Berg — Beast
- Emma-Clara Folin — Dancer
- Francoise Fournier — Dominatrix
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