Movie
La Cérémonie
1995NR1h 52m7.3 / 10
France's Alfred Hitchcock Returns...
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about La Cérémonie
Cast
Sandrine BonnaireSophie Bonhomme
Isabelle HuppertJeanne
Jean-Pierre CasselGeorges Lelièvre
Jacqueline BissetCatherine Lelièvre
Virginie LedoyenMelinda
Valentin MerletGilles
Julien RochefortJeremie
Dominique FrotMadame LantierCredits
- Directed by
- Claude Chabrol
- Written by
- Claude Chabrol, Caroline Eliacheff, Ruth Rendell
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Box office
- $10.9M
Production
mk2 FilmsFrance
France 3 CinémaFrance- Prokino FilmproduktionGermany
OLGA FILMGermany
ZDFGermany
Themes
bourgeoisieclass societycountry lifefamilyfemale friendshipfemme fatalefrancegallery owner
