- La Cérémonie
Infobox Film
name = La Cérémonie
director =Claude Chabrol
producer =Marin Karmitz
writers =Claude Chabrol Caroline Eliacheff
starring =Isabelle Huppert Sandrine Bonnaire Jacqueline Bisset Jean-Pierre Cassel Virginie Ledoyen Valentin Merlet
music =Matthieu Chabrol
cinematography =Bernard Zitzermann
editing =Louisette Hautecoeur
released =
runtime = 112 min.
country = France / Germany
language = French
imdb_id = 0112769"La Cérémonie" is a 1995 film by
Claude Chabrol . It was adapted from the novel "A Judgement in Stone " byRuth Rendell .Plot
"La Cérémonie" tells the story of a dyslexic [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/135028/La-C-233-r-233-monie/overview New York Times Review] ] domestic servant, Sophie (
Sandrine Bonnaire ) who has been hired by wealthy housewife Catherine (Jacqueline Bisset ). Sophie becomes friends with an erratic post office employee, Jeanne (Isabelle Huppert ), and things begin to spiral towards violence. Chabrol presents an ambiguous view of culture and class conflict in this film, which he jokingly called "the last Marxist film." [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=P8&xml=/arts/2006/04/15/bfdvd15.xml DVDs of the week: The Night of The Shooting Stars, Day of the Dead and more] 15/04/2006]Reception
Reviews
"La Cérémonie" received an 90% rating from "Top Critics" at
Rotten Tomatoes (9 "fresh" and 1 "rotten" reviews) [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ceremonie/?critic=creamcrop La Cérémonie (Top Critics) @Rotten Tomatoes ] ] and an overall rating of 92% from all critics (22 "fresh" and 2 "rotten" reviews). [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/movie-1075705/ La Cérémonie @Rotten Tomatoes ] ]Notes
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