Title: La Cérémonie (Criterion Collection)

Format: DVD

Label: Criterion Collection

Genre: Foreign-French, Mystery / Suspense

UPC: 715515289818

Release Date: 2023

Claude Chabrol's taut thriller, based on a Ruth Rendell novel, tells of a French bourgeois family who hire the prim young Sophie (Sandrine Bonnaire) as their housekeeper. Trouble starts when Sophie befriends Jeanne (Isabelle Huppert), a local woman who has a hatred for the family, and the two form an intimate bond that leads to the unraveling of dark secrets and sinister impulses. Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Virginie Ledoyen also star. 102 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; "making of" documentary; featurettes; theatrical trailer. In French with English subtitles.