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Secret Ceremony was based on a prize-winning short story by Argentine civil servant Marco Denevi. Elizabeth Taylor plays Leonora, an aging prostitute who becomes convinced that Cenci (Mia Farrow) is her daughter -- who supposedly died in infancy. Cenci knows that she is in fact Leonora's niece, but Leonora will not be dissuaded in her illusion that their blood ties are stronger. Albert (Robert Mitchum), Cenci's incestuous stepfather, enters the scene, laying the groundwork for a near-orgy of
Oct 23, 1968 Limited
Universal Pictures
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Losey has shown skill at conjuring up corruption and terror. Here he is undone by his scenarist, George Tabori, who attempts a ghostly esthetic melodrama in the style of Henry James.
Top CriticMoody, leisurely developed and handsomely produced.
Joseph Losey's best film in years.
If there's a secret, director Joseph Losey isn't letting the audience in on it.
A murky, moody psychological scare story with more holes than a Swiss cheese.
A trance
Losey's mannered direction, somehow entirely appropriate, makes for a memorable film.
Strangely fascinating.
Odd that Losey should make his two overly baroque disasters in the same year, first Boom! then this marginally less pretentious work.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 (1968) Secret Ceremony PSYCOLOGICAL HORROR Gothic horror film which involves young wealthy aimless heiress(Mia Farrow) getting involved with a much older prostitute (Elizabeth Taylor) who thinks is her long lost mother! Robert Mitchum also stars as the actual neglected father! The
March 23, 2011
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