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The Ceremony

Original title: La Cérémonie

2015 · 1h 15m

Directed by Lina Mannheimer

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • 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

  • Sandra Haraldsen
    Dominatrix

  • Lina Mannheimer
    Self - interviewer (voice) (uncredited)