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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.

Top Cast

  • Ginette Leclerc

    Ginette Leclerc

    La mère

  • Michel Tureau

    Michel Tureau

    Cavanosa

  • Marcella Saint-Amant

    Marcella Saint-Amant

    Syl

  • Fernando Arrabal

    Fernando Arrabal

    Le vendeur de lingerie

  • Jean-Daniel Ehrmann

    Jean-Daniel Ehrmann

    L'amant de Syl

  • Roger Lumont

    Roger Lumont

    L'homme du train

  • Marie-France Le Signe

    Marie-France Le Signe

  • Chantal Torres

    Chantal Torres

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.

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