La Cérémonie

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La Cérémonie
Directed by	Claude Chabrol
Produced by	Marin Karmitz
Starring	Isabelle Huppert Sandrine Bonnaire Jacqueline Bisset Jean-Pierre Cassel Virginie Ledoyen Valentin Merlet
Music by	Matthieu Chabrol
Cinematography	Bernard Zitzermann
Editing by	Louisette Hautecoeur
Release date(s)	August 30, 1995
Running time	112 min.
Country	France / Germany
Language	French

La Cérémonie is a 1995 film by Claude Chabrol. It was adapted from the novel A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Reception 2.1 Reviews 3 Awards and nominations 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] Plot

La Cérémonie tells the story of a dyslexic ^[1], illiterate 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 their lives 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."^[2]

[edit] Reception

[edit] Reviews

La Cérémonie received an 90% rating from Top Critics at Rotten Tomatoes (9 fresh and 1 rotten reviews) ^[3] and an overall rating of 92% from all critics (22 fresh and 2 rotten reviews). ^[4]

[edit] Awards and nominations

• César Awards (France)
  • Won: Best Actress – Leading Role (Isabelle Huppert)
  • Nominated: Best Actor – Supporting Role (Jean-Pierre Cassel)
  • Nominated: Best Actress – Leading Role (Sandrine Bonnaire)
  • Nominated: Best Actress – Supporting Role (Jacqueline Bisset)
  • Nominated: Best Director (Claude Chabrol)
  • Nominated: Best Film
  • Nominated: Best Writing (Claude Chabrol and Caroline Eliacheff)

• Los Angeles Film Critics (USA)
  • Won: Best Foreign Language Film (Claude Chabrol)

• National Society of Film Critics (USA)
  • Won: Best Foreign Language Film

• Satellite Awards (USA)
  • Nominated: Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

• Toronto International Film Festival (Canada)
  • Won: Metro Media Award (Claude Chabrol)

• Venice Film Festival (Italy)
  • Won: Volpi Cup – Best Actress (Sandrine Bonnaire and Isabelle Huppert)
  • Nominated: Golden Lion (Claude Chabrol)

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• La Cérémonie at the Internet Movie Database

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