La Cérémonie

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

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Streaming availability

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Cast

Sandrine Bonnaire

Sophie Bonhomme

Isabelle Huppert

Jeanne

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

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Ludovic Brillant

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Claire Chiron

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Claire-Marie Dentraygues

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Jean-Pierre Descheix

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Penny Fairclough

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Alain Françoise

David Gabison

David

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Pierre Gondard

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Claire Ifrane

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Philippe Languille

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Philippe Le Coq

Philippe

Crew

Art

• Daniel Mercier Art Direction
• Daniel Mercier Production Design
• Pierre Galliard Assistant Decorator
• Jean-Paul Trincat Assistant Decorator
• Didier Dubedout Assistant Decorator
• Marie Taulen Assistant Decorator
• Ivan Niclass Assistant Set Decoration
• Vincent Stadelmann Assistant Decorator

Camera

• Bernard Zitzermann Director of Photography
• Jérémie Nassif Still Photographer
• Éric Bonnaire Grip
• Jean-Baptiste Dutreix Grip
• Vincent Kotwas Aerial Director of Photography
• Sophie Charrière Assistant Camera
• Fabienne Delaleau Assistant Camera
• Michel Thiriet Camera Operator
• Dominique Robert Grip
• Charlet Recors Aerial Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Corinne Jorry Costume Design
• Thi-Loan Nguyen Makeup & Hair
• Cédric Chami Makeup & Hair
• Jocelyne Lemery Makeup & Hair
• Paule Mangenot Costumer
• Hélène Robin Costumer
• Anne-Marie Castaño-Padovan Costumer

Crew

• Dominique Colladant Special Effects
• Richard Verganzonez Catering
• Jean-Pierre Maricourt Special Effects

Directing

• Claude Chabrol Director
• Cécile Maistre-Chabrol First Assistant Director
• Anne Perron Assistant Director
• Daphné Rosenbom Assistant Director
• Pierre Armengol-Arény Assistant Director
• Aurore Chabrol Script Supervisor

Editing

• Monique Fardoulis Editor
• Olivier Rossignol Assistant Editor
• Florence Poulain Assistant Editor

Lighting

• Jean-Pierre Baronsky Electrician
• Richard Vidal Electrician
• Eric Baraillon Electrician
• Michel Garçon Electrician

Production

• Marin Karmitz Producer
• Ira von Gienanth Co-Producer
• Christoph Holch Co-Producer
• Catherine Pierrat Unit Manager
• Yvon Crenn Production Manager
• Bruno Bernard Administration
• Eva Simonet Publicist
• Gisèle Vuillaume Administration
• Henry le Turc Administration
• Aline Corneille Administration

Sound

• Matthieu Chabrol Original Music Composer
• André Naudin Foley Artist
• Christian Fontaine Sound Assistant
• Gadou Naudin Foley Artist
• Claude Villand Sound
• Laurent Petitgirard Conductor
• Jean-Bernard Thomasson Sound
• Philippe Richard Sound Assistant
• Jean-Louis Lebras Sound Assistant

Writing

• Claude Chabrol Writer
• Ruth Rendell Novel
• Caroline Eliacheff Writer

Photos