The Ceremony

Name: The Ceremony
Director: Lina Mannheimer
Released: 2014

Lina Mannheimer 2014

The most famous dominatrix in France creates sadomasochist “Ceremonies” in her chateau.
Catherine Robbe-Grillet, age 84, writes sadomasochistic novels under pseudonym Jeanne De Berg. Catherine defies the relations between power and submission, sensuality and physical pain. She surrounds herself with brilliant characters, depicting complex lives on the other side of social conventional boundaries. This film forces us to question our assumptions regarding satisfaction, desire and normality.

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Running Time:

75 min.

Spoken Languages:

French

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Lina Mannheimer

Producers:

Mathilde Dedye

Cinematographers:

Lina Mannheimer, Daniel Takács

Editors:

Laureline Delom

Production Companies:

French Quarter Film

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The Ceremony is a jewel-box of a film – lush and articulate in its evocation of the world and relationships of French author and dominatrix Catherine Robbe-Grillet. It purrs and thrums

Austin Chronicle
SXSW Women Directors: Meet Lina Mannheimer - The Ceremony

Laura Berger, Indiewire

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Festival Participation

CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival - 2014
Doc Lisboa - 2015
Festival dei Popoli - 2015
Filmfest München - 2015
SXSW - 2015

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