

La Cérémonie
1995-08-30 · 112 min · ★ 7.3
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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Production details
- Directors
- Claude Chabrol
- Production companies
- France 3 Cinéma, Prokino Filmproduktion, OLGA FILM, ZDF, MK2 Productions
- Countries
- France, Germany
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 10,882,920
Top Cast
Sandrine BonnaireSophie Bonhomme
Isabelle HuppertJeanne
Jean-Pierre CasselGeorges Lelièvre
Jacqueline BissetCatherine Lelièvre
Virginie LedoyenMelinda
Valentin MerletGilles
Julien RochefortJeremie
Dominique FrotMadame Lantier
Jean-François PerrierPriest
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