FILMS
Mannheimer works in different forms and formats, but her profound interest in portraiture is constant. She excels in illuminating vastly different but always complex and multi-layered human lives.
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MAN WITH DOVES
Documentary short (14´)
by Lina Maria Mannheimer
2021
In the middle of the iconic neighborhood around Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, known for its creativity and beauty, a fascinating daily art brut performance takes place. Thousands of pigeons migrate at sunset to the plaza in front of the museum to be fed and watered. A man merges with his flock of birds. Caring for a city’s most despised animals creates a lot of controversy. Man with Doves is a film about tenderness, disgust and, one might argue, fanatical devotion.
MATING
Feature documentary (93´)
by Lina Maria Mannheimer
2019
A contemporary love story that throws you into what it is to be 20, dating - and falling in and out of love. For a year, Naomi and Edvin film themselves, the result is an intimate and raw portrait of their lives. They meet, fall in love and break up. However they don’t give up on each-other, and a unique friendship emerges. Their filming allows us behind the social media - or any façade. We get to take part in two 20-year old’s uncensored thoughts about life’s challenges and relationships.
THE CEREMONY, THE CONTRACT and THE FIVE SENSES
Living in Paris, Mannheimer launched in 2009 her 5-year-long project that became the films The Ceremony, The Contract and The Five Senses. Love, friendship, dominance and submission are central themes as we meet the unusual and fascinating author Catherine Robbe-Grillet and her inner circle.
Catherine Robbe-Grillet, a sharp intellectual born in 1930, published her first book (L’image) in 1956. It was banned and publicly burned in Paris. After more than 50 years of exploring eroticism and the world of sadomasochism, Robbe-Grillet is today widely considered France’s most famous dominatrix.
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The Ceremony, The Contract and The Five Senses take us far beyond the prejudiced, simplistic and cliché-ridden perceptions of sadomasochism. S/M may be a central theme of the films, but not merely as an exotic phenomenon. The issues raised here take us far beyond sexual orientation. The films delve into what motivates our decisions, not only those concerning desire and sexuality, but our behavior in general. Sadomasochist practices and codes serve simply as a magnifying glass through which we examine the driving forces that make us who we are.
THE CEREMONY
Feature documentary (74´)
by Lina Maria Mannheimer
2015
The Ceremony, a film about love and friendship, depicts cross-border relationships where dominance and submission are central. We meet the fascinating and unusual writer Catherine Robbe-Grillet and those closest to her.
Intimate material reveals participants sharing views on art, norms, identity, ageing, loneliness, friendship and love. The spectator is invited into a fascinating, evocative and private world depicting staged, stylized sadomasochist ceremonies based on Catherine Robbe-Grillet’s universe.
THE CONTRACT
Documentary short (14´)
by Lina Maria Mannheimer
2010
The Contract is a film about the relationship between Beverly Charpentier, a married mother of two and the writer Catherine Robbe-Grillet. The film portrays two strong women’s unconventional love story, two women who has chosen to explore their love in a unique way, without compromise.
THE FIVE SENSES
Documentary short (8´)
by Lina Maria Mannheimer
2010
The ceremony from the film The Contract.
Lina Maria Mannheimer
