La cérémonie
Filmpodium, Nüschelerstrasse 11, 8001 Zürich, Altstadt
About
«La cérémonie» is a 1995 psychological thriller by Claude Chabrol, screening at the Filmpodium cinema. A bourgeois family hires a maid for their country house; the chosen woman proves dutiful, yet she has a secret to hide. When she befriends a rebellious postal clerk from the village who stokes her anger at bourgeois life, the pent-up class hatred explodes. Isabelle Huppert and Sandrine Bonnaire received the Coppa Volpi in Venice as well as the French film award César for their roles.
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Critics
7.5Very good
Praise goes to Chabrol's precise feel for social and psychological detail, strong characterisation and a creeping sense of unease. The only fault is the near-absence of mystery, suspense and surprise.
Trailer
Showtimes
Sun 1 Nov
FilmpodiumNüschelerstrasse 11, 8001 Zürich
Venue
Filmpodium is in Zürich’s Altstadt.
Nüschelerstrasse 11, 8001 Zürich
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- Claude Chabrol
- Year
- 1995
