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 mins
Subject(s):	Biography, Sexuality, Society, Women
Language(s):	French
Subtitles:	English
Director(s):	Lina Mannheimer
Producer(s):	Mathilde Dedye
Cinematographer:	Lina Mannheimer, Daniel Takács
Editor(s):	Laureline Delom
Production Company:	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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