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(aka 'A Judgement in Stone' or 'Biester')

France 1995

I found Claude Chabrol's La Cérémonie an extremely disturbing film. But in the first 10 minutes I saw one of the best pre-cursor's to a plot in recent memory - Jacqueline Bisset (Day for Night) is a married mother bringing home the new maid Sophie, an odd girl played by Sondrine Bonnaire (Vagabond) while also giving a lift to the local and mysterious village postal clerk Jeanne, Isabelle Huppert (The Piano Teacher). Eerie suspense music can be heard in the background as they drive by the Ocean to the familys remote palatial home. Perfect.

It doesn't get any better for me except that Bisset's character's daughter is played by the stunning Virginie Ledoyen (A Single Girl). The cast is set with some of the strongest and most beautiful of French speaking actresses in recent memory. Questions arise and answers quickly pop-up that can be eventually discarded - Sophie's strange behavior is not only because of her hidden illiteracy but also her past, Jeanne also keeps a horrid past buried within. The two bond with tragic dehumanizing results.

A winner of numerous international awards, La Cérémonie is another strong Chabrol suspense tale of a tale of murder, violence and betrayal. A hard to forget film. out of

Gary W. Tooze

Theatrical Release: August 30th, 1995

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Runtime	1:51:16
Video	1.72:1 Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 6.94 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
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Audio	French (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Subtitles	English, None
Features	Release Information: Studio: Home Vision Entertainment Aspect Ratio: Aspect Ratio 1.72:1 Edition Details: • The Making of La Cérémonie; a 20-minute documentary featuring Claude Chabrol, Isabelle Huppert, and Sandrine Bonnaire (optional English subtitles) • Original theatrical trailer • Essay by film historian and critic Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader DVD Release Date: July 27th, 2004 Keep Case Chapters: 16

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A great theatrical representation of the film with a progressive transfer at 1.72 (listed at 1.66:1) , bright, good colors, excellent subtitles. The 10 minute short featurette is fabulous with interviews with all the principals including Chabrol. Include in this Rosenbaum liner notes and we have a DVD package that must have almost made it to the Criterion label. So far all the Home Vision Chabrol titles are great purchases and this may be the top of the heap. out of

Gary W. Tooze

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The Films in My Life by Francois Truffaut, Leonard Mayhew	French Cinema: A Student's Guide by Philip Powrie, Keith Reader	Agnes Varda by Alison Smith	Godard on Godard : Critical Writings by Jean-Luc Godard	Claude Chabrol (French Film Directors) by Guy Austin	Robert Bresson (Cinematheque Ontario Monographs, No. 2) by James Quandt	The Art of Cinema by Jean Cocteau	French New Wave by Jean Douchet, Robert Bonnono, Cedric Anger, Robert Bononno	French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present by Remi Fournier Lanzoni

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