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La Cérémonie [Region 2]

starring: Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Virginie Ledoyen
directed by: Claude Chabrol

: La Cérémonie [Region 2]
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Binding: DVD
EAN: 3259119611622
Format: PAL
Region Code: 2
Running Time: 112 minutes
Theatrical Release Date: December 20, 1996



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In the 1960s and early '70s, Claude Chabrol was celebrated as the Gallic Hitchcock for his crisp, character-rich thrillers. La Cérémonie, his 1997 hit adapted from Ruth Rendell's novel A Judgement in Stone, is a return to form, an assured domestic drama set in the upper-class household of the kind but condescending Lelievres family. Sandrine Bonnaire, excellent in an enigmatic, uncommunicative role, stars as their new, neurotically silent maid Sophie. She performs her duties efficiently and emotionlessly, staring out from behind an implacable, mask-like face born of loneliness and defensiveness. Isabelle Huppert is the town's gleefully misanthropic postmistress Jeanne, a gossipy, energetically insolent misfit who hates the Lelievres. When she becomes Sophie's best friend, her pathological game of taunts and gossip goes into overdrive with her sudden access to their house, and an already simmering class conflict boils over in unleashed anger. Chabrol charts the cascade of mischief and misunderstandings to its shattering conclusion, with a sensitivity to character and an eagle-eyed remove that makes the explosive climax all the more chilling. It's a devastating thriller, one of Chabrol's best, and a powerful portrait in hate and psychosis pushed over the edge in misunderstanding, manipulation, and mistrust. Jacqueline Bisset is the fumbling but sincere Mme. Lelievres, Jean-Pierre Cassel her complacent husband, and Virginie Ledoyen (A Single Girl) their sensitive young daughter. --Sean Axmaker



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Class Struggle as Tragedy
Claude Chabrol's "La Ceremonie" is based on the infamous Pepin murders of 1933. In 1933,a pair of ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Asolutely the finest
I can find no finer actresses to listen to or look at than Sandrine Bonnaire and Isabel Huppert. ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Disturbing and worth seeing
An excellent portrayal of two very different personalities. Hupert's character is a chilling portrayal ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Good Movie but Knock off the Comparisons with Hitchcock
I enjoyed "La Ceremonie" and I wasn't particularly bothered that I had purchased the movie thinking it was ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A French thriller with a wicked sense of humor.
Often credited with starting the nouvelle vague French film movement, Claude Chabrol (1930) also collaborated ... Read More

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