The Big Ceremonial

The Big Ceremonial

105 mins | Drama | Oct. 6, 1969

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.

The Big Ceremonial

105 mins | Drama | Oct. 6, 1969

The Big Ceremonial
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.
Producers Alcinter
Original title Le grand cérémonial
Directors Pierre-Alain Jolivet
Writers Fernando Arrabal

Cast

Ginette Leclerc

as La mère

Michel Tureau

as Cavanosa

Fernando Arrabal

as Le vendeur de lingerie

Jean-Daniel Ehrmann

as L'amant de Syl

Roger Lumont

as L'homme du train