La Cérémonie
“France's Alfred Hitchcock Returns...”
1995•NR•1h 52m•7.3•Released
DramaThriller
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.
Director
Claude Chabrol
Writer
Claude Chabrol, Caroline Eliacheff
Revenue
$11M
Languages
French
Studio
mk2 Films
Cast
Sandrine Bonnaire
Sophie Bonhomme
Isabelle Huppert
Jeanne
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Georges Lelièvre
Jacqueline Bisset
Catherine Lelièvre
Virginie Ledoyen
Melinda
Valentin Merlet
Gilles
Julien Rochefort
Jeremie
Dominique Frot
Madame Lantier
Jean-François Perrier
Priest
Ludovic Brillant
Claire Chiron
Claire-Marie Dentraygues
Jean-Pierre Descheix
Penny Fairclough
Alain Françoise
Production
Company
mk2 Films
Company
France 3 Cinéma
Company
Prokino Filmproduktion
Company
OLGA FILM
Company
ZDF
Producer
Marin Karmitz
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