Saturday, 2 June 2012

La Ceremonie (1995)

La Ceremonie (1995)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112769/
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Claude Chabrol
Jacqueline Bisset, Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Virginie Ledoyen, Valentin Merlet, Julien Rochefort, Dominique Frot, Jean-François Perrier, Ludovic Brillant, Claire Chiron, Claire-Marie Dentraygues, Jean-Pierre Descheix, Penny Fairclough, Alain Françoise
20 December 1996 (USA)
The upper-class owner of a gallery Catherine Lelievre hires the efficient and quiet maid Sophie for working in the family manor in the countryside of France. Her husband Georges Lelievre, who is an opera lover, her daughter Melinda and her teenage son Gilles welcome Sophie and appreciate her work. Sooner Sophie befriends the postmistress Jeanne, who is a bad egg and encourage Sophie to rebel against her employers, but the maid stays submissive. However, Sophie is ashamed of a secret and feels uncomfortable in many situations, finding a way to hide her secret. When Georges tells to Sophie that he does not want Jeanne in his house, Sophie stands up against him. Melinda discovers her secret and Sophie blackmails her, but Melinda tells her parents what has happened. Georges fire Sophie and she returns to the house later with Jeanne on the rampage with tragic consequences.

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