Secret Ceremony

Secret Ceremony

It's time to speak of unspoken things...

Directed by Joseph Losey

Produced by World Film Services, Universal Pictures UK

1968109 min6.1 / 10

A psychologically murky, intimate thriller about two damaged women whose symbiotic delusion blurs the line between maternal longing and dangerous fantasy.

A penniless woman meets a strange girl who insists she is her long-lost mother and becomes enmeshed in a web of deception, and perhaps madness.

Questions people ask

  • Is Secret Ceremony sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Does Secret Ceremony end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Secret Ceremony scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Is Secret Ceremony easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Secret Ceremony violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

38/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

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Rarity58

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise36

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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