The Big Ceremonial (1969)

  • NR
  • 10/06/1969 (SE)
  • Drama
  • 1h 45m

Overview

Fantasy is a favourite theme for directors, since it enables them to give vent to diabolical situations with unlimited licence. This film is of this category. It is the story of a jealous and protective mother who allows her son only home-made dolls to satisfy his sick fantasy. But as in all fairy stories, there comes a day when a real, warm girl enters the sheltered life of the son. His natural and innate thirsts for oddities soon make him repeat on the girl what, until then, he has been doing with the dolls. The story then evolves into a fight of wills between the mother and the girl.

Pierre-Alain Jolivet

Director, Writer

Serge Gance

Writer

Cast

Ginette Leclerc's headshot

Ginette Leclerc

La mère
Michel Tureau's headshot

Michel Tureau

Cavanosa
Marcella Saint-Amant's headshot

Marcella Saint-Amant

Syl
Fernando Arrabal's headshot

Fernando Arrabal

Le vendeur de lingerie
Jean-Daniel Ehrmann's headshot

Jean-Daniel Ehrmann

L'amant de Syl
Roger Lumont's headshot

Roger Lumont

L'homme du train
Marie-France Le Signe's headshot

Marie-France Le Signe

Chantal Torres's headshot

Chantal Torres

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