La Cérémonie
1995 · 1h 52m · Drama, Thriller · France, Germany · Rated 15 (GB)
France's Alfred Hitchcock Returns...
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.
Directed by
Claude ChabrolBased on the novel by
Ruth Rendell7.1Smart score
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