Our ceremonies is one of those exciting and delicate first films that Cannes Critics’ Week sometimes reveals. Director Simon Rieth takes the viewer into the cruel and fascinating world of two brothers whose close relationship has become even closer following a terrible accident. “I will not qualify Our ceremonies genre film, says the filmmaker. The incursion of the fantastic comes naturally to me: it’s my way of telling stories. »
Director renowned for his short films, Simon Rieth successfully changes format by involving two beginner actors in the adventure. The brothers Raymond and Simon Baur are for a lot in the success of the film. Their natural elegance, perhaps due to the fact that they practiced kung fu at a high level, gives an extra grace to the film, especially during fascinating choreographies.
A story of love and death
Fraternity as described by Simon Rieth takes on a morbid, almost macabre air that largely justifies the film’s selection at the Gérardmer Festival. Their complicity on the borderline of the supernatural but also their love rivalry feed the plot thanks to the presence of Maïra Villena, a bright actress who is taking her first steps on the screen.
It is with great subtlety that the film renews the summer chronicle on the passage from adolescence to adulthood in the landscapes of Royan, the director’s birthplace. Simon Rieth tracks down his characters like an entomologist to share the love story of this sibling that Marine Atlan’s photography renders powerfully beautiful. Our ceremonies is a work that we do not forget.