La Ceremonie

La Ceremonie

7.3

Aug 30 1995

2h 51m

Drama, Thriller

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.

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

Jeanne

Sandrine Bonnaire

Sandrine Bonnaire

Sophie Bonhomme

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Georges Lelièvre

Jacqueline Bisset

Jacqueline Bisset

Catherine Lelièvre

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