The Ceremony
2015 · 75 min
Documentary
★ 4.7In 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.
Crew
- Director Lina Mannheimer
- Director of Photography Daniel Takács
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
- E
Emma Kim Hagdahl
Human table
- D
Daniel Yi Andersson
Beast
- C
Carl Olof Berg
Beast
- E
Emma-Clara Folin
Dancer
- F
Francoise Fournier
Dominatrix
Crew
- Director — Lina Mannheimer
- Director of Photography — Daniel Takács
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