The Ceremony
Overview
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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13/02/2015
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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)
Original Soundtrack
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