The Ceremony
1995
· Movie
· 112 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Every rating
72–94
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94. Critics average 94, everyone else 78.
See the most agreed on films →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.
Details
- Director
- Claude Chabrol
- Writers
- Caroline Eliacheff, Claude Chabrol
- Studio
- France 3 Cinéma, Prokino Filmproduktion, OLGA FILM, ZDF
- Released
- 30 August 1995
- Country
- France, Germany
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rated
- NR
- Box office
- $10.9M
- Awards
- 1 win, 2 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 3 →1 win from 3 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| 21st César Awards 1996 | Best Actress | Isabelle Huppert | Nominee |
| 21st César Awards 1996 | Best Actress | Sandrine Bonnaire | Nominee |
| Lumière Award 1996 | Best Actress | Isabelle Huppert | Winner |
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21st César Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Isabelle Huppert | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Sandrine Bonnaire | Nominee |
Lumière Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Isabelle Huppert | Winner |