La Cérémonie
A quiet maid working for a wealthy French family forms an intense bond with a fiery postmistress, whose radical influence threatens to unravel her carefully ordered world.
“France's Alfred Hitchcock Returns...”
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.
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Principal cast & crew: 35
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Edited by Monique FardoulisShot by Bernard ZitzermannScored by Matthieu ChabrolDesigned by Daniel Mercier
Box Office
1995 · Box office
Grossed $10.9M worldwide
Worldwide gross
$10.9M
Also known as
- Biesterde
- La ceremoniaes
- Il buio nella menteit
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Cast & Crew
35 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Isabelle Huppert
as Jeanne la postière
Sandrine Bonnaire
as Sophie Bonhomme
Jacqueline Bisset
as Catherine Lelievre
Jean Pierre Cassel
as Georges Lelièvre
Virginie Ledoyen
as Melinda
Valentin Merlet
as Gilles
Julien Rochefort
as Jeremie
Dominique Frot
as Madame Lantier
Jean Francois Perrier
as Priest
Ludovic Brillant
Claire Chiron
Claire Marie Dentraygues
Supporting cast
15Directors
1Writers
3Producers
1Other crew
4Parents Guide
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