---
title: 'La Cérémonie (1995)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Claude Chabrol'
released: '1995-08-30'
runtime_minutes: 111
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-ceremonie-1995'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112769/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# La Cérémonie (1995)

1995 · 111 min · Drama · France, Germany


## Synopsis

La Cérémonie is a 1995 French psychological thriller film by written and directed by Claude Chabrol. Starring Isabelle Huppert and Sandrine Bonnaire and adapted from the 1977 novel A Judgement in Stone by British writer Ruth Rendell. The story follows Sophie, a woman hired to work as a maid for the rich Lelièvre family, in the French countryside. There, she befriends Jeanne, the local postmistress, but soon, their friendship starts taking an increasingly dark turn.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Claude Chabrol](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-chabrol)
- **Screenplay:** [Claude Chabrol](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-chabrol)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Matthieu Chabrol](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthieu-chabrol)
- **Producer:** [Marin Karmitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/marin-karmitz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bernard Zitzermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-zitzermann)
- **Editor:** [Monique Fardoulis](https://cinepixo.com/people/monique-fardoulis)

## Cast

- [Jean-Pierre Cassel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-cassel) as Georges
- [Yves Verhoeven](https://cinepixo.com/people/yves-verhoeven)
- [Dominique Frot](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-frot)
- [Mélanie Maudran](https://cinepixo.com/people/melanie-maudran)
- [Valentin Merlet](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentin-merlet)
- [Serge Rousseau](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-rousseau)
- [Jacqueline Bisset](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacqueline-bisset) as Catherine
- [Christophe Lemoine](https://cinepixo.com/people/christophe-lemoine)
- [Jean-François Perrier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-francois-perrier)
- [Sandrine Bonnaire](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandrine-bonnaire) as Sophie
- [Isabelle Huppert](https://cinepixo.com/people/isabelle-huppert) as Jeanne
- [Virginie Ledoyen](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginie-ledoyen) as Melinda

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-ceremonie-1995
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