The Ceremony
Director Lina Mannheimer
Countries Sweden
Duration 75 min
Synopsis
Catherine Robbe-Grillet, the most famous dominatrix in France, creates sadomasochist “ceremonies” in her chateau (where she lived with writer and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet). Age 84, she defies the relations between power and submission, sensuality and physical pain. She surrounds herself with brilliant characters and writes sadomasochistic novels under the pseudonym Jeanne de Berg.
Catherine Robbe-Grillet, the most famous dominatrix in France, creates sadomasochist “ceremonies” in her chateau (where she lived with writer and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet). Age 84, she defies the relations between power and submission, sensuality and physical pain. She surrounds herself with brilliant characters and writes sadomasochistic novels under the pseudonym Jeanne de Berg.