Cérémonie d'amour (1987)

Director: Walerian Borowczyk Studio: Sara Films, Sofinergie 1 Starring: Marina Pierro, Mathieu Carriere, Josy Bernard, Isabelle Tinard, Jacques Couderc, Guy Bonnafoux, Claudine Berg, Lucette Gill, Julian Lee, Jennifer Ford, Sabrina Belleval, Jean-Raphael Sessa, Jean Negron Description: —Hugo, a vain clothing buyer, meets Myriam on a train and pursues a relationship with her. He is delighted to learn she is a prostitute and has no idea she has more in mind than Hugo bargained for —Hugo, a clothing buyer is a young hedonist who meets actress and prostitute Miriam in this erotic and violent drama. After heavy petting and foreplay throughout the Paris subway and a church, she takes him to an apartment for the sexual favors she has promised. Hugo is subjected to a humiliating emasculation and wanders dazed on the banks of the Seine following his ordeal. A young woman emerging from the river after swimming stabs herself to death, and the hapless Hugo is blamed for her murder. Alternative Title: Love Rites.