Secret Ceremony (1968)

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Country: UK
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Release: 1968-10-23
Director: Joseph Losey
Writers: Marco Denevi , George Tabori
Language: English
Stars: Elizabeth Taylor , Robert Mitchum , Mia Farrow , Peggy Ashcroft , Pamela Brown , Robert Douglas , George Howell , Penelope Keith , Roger Lloyd Pack , Angus MacKay
Runtime: 109 min
Awards: Nominated for 2 BAFTA 3 nominations total
AKA: Ceremonia secreta (Spain) , Ceremonia secreta (Mexico) , Ceremonie secretă (Romania) , Тайната церемония (Bulgaria) , To megalo mystiko tis (Greece) , Hemmeligt ritual (Denmark) , Тайная церемония , Secret Ceremony (United States of America) , Cérémonie secrète (France, French Republic) , Salainen seremonia (Finland) , Cerimonia segreta (Italy) , Το μεγάλο μυστικό της (Greece) , Tajna ceremonia (Poland) , Secret Ceremony , Cerimônia Secreta (Brazil) , Gizli merasim (Turkey) , 秘密の儀式 (Japan) , Titokzatos szertartás (Hungary) , Cerimónia Secreta (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Svart spegel (Sweden) , Sort speil (Norway) , Ceremonia secreta (Argentina) , Secret Ceremony (United Kingdom) , Die Frau aus dem Nichts
Plot: Leonora Grabowski (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) mourns the death by drowning years earlier of her daughter. She encounters a strange waif-like girl, Cenci Engelhard (Mia Farrow), who bears a strong resemblance to her lost child. Cenci is 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 (Robert Mitchum), 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.
IMDB:tt0063571