La Cérémonie (1995)
Claude Chabrol · 112 min
La Cérémonie screens 2 times at BFI Southbank between Thursday 1 October and Tuesday 6 October.
Where to watch it
BFI Southbank
Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London SE1 8XT
La Ceremonie + extended intro on queer Chabrol by academic Kit Francis Bradbury Rance
La Ceremonie
What it is
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.