The Ceremony

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The Ceremony (2015)

Directed by Lina Mannheimer

Documentary · 1h 15m

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
D
Dominique Corringer Self Alain Robbe-Grillet Self (archive footage)
C
Christian Hersant Self
C
Claude Helleu Self
U
Ulriqa Fernqvist Human table
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Emma Kim Hagdahl Human table
D
Daniel Yi Andersson Beast
C
Carl Olof Berg Beast
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Emma-Clara Folin Dancer
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Francoise Fournier Dominatrix

Crew

Director
Lina Mannheimer
Director of Photography
Daniel Takács
Editor
Laureline Delom

Details

Original title
La Cérémonie
Release date
2015-02-13
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
French
Countries
Denmark, Sweden
Production
French Quarter Film, Film i Väst