The Big Ceremonial (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.
Director: Pierre-Alain Jolivet
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Ginette Leclerc as La mère |
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Michel Tureau as Cavanosa |
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Marcella Saint-Amant as Syl |
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Fernando Arrabal as Le vendeur de lingerie |
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Jean-Daniel Ehrmann as L'amant de Syl |
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Roger Lumont as L'homme du train |
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Marie-France Le Signe as |
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Chantal Torres as |
| Directing | Pierre-Alain Jolivet | Director |
| Writing | Fernando Arrabal | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Pierre-Alain Jolivet | Writer |
| Writing | Serge Gance | Writer |
| Camera | Bernard Daillencourt | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Mireille Mauberna | Editor |
| Art | Jacques Mawart | Production Design |
