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La Cérémonie

La Cérémonie

Drama · Thriller · 1995

Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.

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La Cérémonie

“France's Alfred Hitchcock Returns...”

1995 Drama · Thriller 1h 52m

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TMDB

7.3 / 10

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Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.

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Directed by

Claude Chabrol

Written by

Claude Chabrol · Caroline Eliacheff

Sandrine Bonnaire

Sandrine Bonnaire

Sophie Bonhomme

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

Jeanne

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Georges Lelièvre

Jacqueline Bisset

Jacqueline Bisset

Catherine Lelièvre

Virginie Ledoyen

Virginie Ledoyen

Melinda

Valentin Merlet

Valentin Merlet

Gilles

Julien Rochefort

Julien Rochefort

Jeremie

Court is in session

Put La Cérémonie on trial.

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.