The Ceremony

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.

Cast

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