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(aka 'A Judgement in Stone' or 'Biester')
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.
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Theatrical Release: August 30th, 1995
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| Runtime | 1:51:16 | |
| Video | 1.72:1
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| Audio | French (Dolby Digital 2.0) | |
| Subtitles | English, None | |
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Edition Details: • The
Making of La Cérémonie; a 20-minute documentary featuring Claude Chabrol,
Isabelle Huppert, and Sandrine Bonnaire (optional English subtitles) |
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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.
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