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The Big Ceremonial

Oct 6, 1969 · 1h 45m
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Drama

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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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CAST

Ginette Leclerc
La mère
Michel Tureau
Cavanosa
Marcella Saint-Amant
Syl
Fernando Arrabal
Le vendeur de lingerie
Jean-Daniel Ehrmann
L'amant de Syl
Roger Lumont
L'homme du train
Marie-France Le Signe
Chantal Torres
Directed by Pierre-Alain Jolivet

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Released
Original language
FR
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Production
Alcinter
Country
FR
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