La Ceremonie

7.3(368 votes)

1995

1h 51m

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.

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Production

Revenue:$10,882,920

Companies:

MK2 Films

France 3 Cinéma

Prokino Filmproduktion

Languages

Original:fr

Spoken:

French

Cast

Isabelle Huppert

Jeanne

Sandrine Bonnaire

Sophie Bonhomme

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

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badelf

7/10

This movie is the French version of "Thelma & Louise". Okay, it's different from that classic, but oh so much fun to watch. Reverse-spoiler alert: the ending is very different.

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