Secret Ceremony

– A tormented rich girl hires a sex worker to act as her mother...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.40 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 49 Minutes
Release Year:
1968
Secret Ceremony (1968)

A tormented rich girl hires a sex worker to act as her mother.

Producing Country:
UK
Filming Locations:
Genre:
Release Date:

23 Oct 1968

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Joseph Losey

Writer:

Marco Denevi (short story "Ceremonia secreta"), George Tabori (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Elizabeth Taylor, Mia Farrow, Robert Mitchum, Peggy Ashcroft

Plot:

Leonora, a prostitute, mourns the death by drowning years earlier of her daughter. She encounters a strange waif-like girl, Cenci, who bears a strong resemblance to her lost child. Cenci is herself struck by the great resemblance of Leonora to her own mother, whose death the mentally unstable Cenci has been unable to accept or even acknowledge. The two women quickly develop a symbiotic relationship, moving in and out of the illusion that each is the lost loved one of the other. The complicating factor is the arrival of Albert, Cenci's stepfather, whose incestuous attachment to her may well be the cause of her mind's unbalance. With Albert's arrival, no one in the strange trio is safe.

Awards:

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 nomination.

Production:

Universal Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%