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La Cérémonie is a 1995 film by Claude Chabrol, adapted from the novel A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell. The film echoes the case of Christine and Lea Papin, two French maids who brutally murdered their employer's wife and daughter in 1933, as well as the 1947 play they inspired, The Maids by Jean Genet.
Original Release
08/30/1995
US Release
12/20/1996
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Sandrine Bonnaire | Sophie la bonne / Sophie Bonhomme |
| Isabelle Huppert | Jeanne la postière / Jeanne |
| Jean-Pierre Cassel | Georges Lelievre / Georges Lelièvre |
| Jacqueline Bisset | Catherine Lelievre / Catherine Lelièvre |
| Virginie Ledoyen | Melinda |
| Valentin Merlet | Gilles |
| Julien Rochefort | Jeremie |
| Dominique Frot | Madame Lantier |
| Jean-François Perrier | Priest / Priester |
| Serge Rousseau |
Directors
Writers
Claude Chabrol, Caroline Eliacheff, Ruth Rendell
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Sandrine Bonnaire | Sophie la bonne / Sophie Bonhomme |
| Isabelle Huppert | Jeanne la postière / Jeanne |
| Jean-Pierre Cassel | Georges Lelievre / Georges Lelièvre |
| Jacqueline Bisset | Catherine Lelievre / Catherine Lelièvre |
| Virginie Ledoyen | Melinda |
| Valentin Merlet | Gilles |
| Julien Rochefort | Jeremie |
| Dominique Frot | Madame Lantier |
| Jean-François Perrier | Priest / Priester |
| Serge Rousseau | |
| Christophe Lemoine | |
| Yves Verhoeven | Delivery Boy |
| Ludovic Brillant | |
| Claire Chiron | |
| Claire-Marie Dentraygues | |
| Jean-Pierre Descheix | |
| Penny Fairclough | |
| Alain Françoise | |
| David Gabison | David |
| Pierre Gondard |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Marin Karmitz | Producer |
| Christoph Holch | Producer |
| Ira von Gienanth | Producer |
