La Cérémonie
“France's Alfred Hitchcock Returns...”
DramaThriller
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.
VIBE
A suffocatingly realistic portrayal of class resentment simmering beneath a placid surface. It feels like watching a storm gather over a quiet countryside, with an inevitable, chilling downpour on the horizon.
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