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La Cérémonie
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1995 French film directed by Claude Chabrol
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La Cérémonie is a 1995 French-German drama film directed and written by Claude Chabrol. The cast includes Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and Jacqueline Bisset. Bernard Zitzermann served as director of photography, and Marin Karmitz produced the movie. The film explores themes of high society, female bonding, and hiding. It was released in France on August 30, 1995, and distributed via video on demand.
The runtime is listed as 112 minutes on TMDb and 111 minutes on IMDb. It received a review score of 7.7 out of 10 and 94 percent on one platform, with a vote average of 7.3 on TMDb and a rating of 7.5 on IMDb. The film was nominated for the César Award for Best Actress and received the Lumière Award for Best Actress. It participated in the 8th European Film Awards and is available on the Criterion Channel.
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Film · TMDB
7.3Sophie, 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.
Cast
- Sandrine Bonnaire as Sophie Bonhomme
- Isabelle Huppert as Jeanne
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Georges Lelièvre
- Jacqueline Bisset as Catherine Lelièvre
- Virginie Ledoyen as Melinda
- Valentin Merlet as Gilles
Themes
- class society
- france
- illiteracy
- country life
- bourgeoisie
- female friendship
- pregnant minor
- post
- gallery owner
- femme fatale
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 8th European Film Awards
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- hiding
- Director
- Claude Chabrol
- Screenwriter
- Claude Chabrol
- Cast member
- Yves Verhoeven
- Producer
- Marin Karmitz
- Cinematographer
- Bernard Zitzermann
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 988842
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1997-05-29
- title
- La Cérémonie
- nominated for
- César Award for Best Actress
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 94%
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