Cold Festival
Claude Chabrol
Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jacqueline Bisset, Virginie Ledoyen, Valentin Merlet, Julien Rochefort, Dominique Frot, Jean-François Perrier, Ludovic Brillant, Claire Chiron, Claire-Marie Dentraygues, Jean-Pierre Descheix, Penny Fairclough, Alain Françoise, David Gabison, Pierre Gondard, Claire Ifr
1995
France, Germany
Completed
French
111 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known asLa cérémonie，is aFrance, GermanyProducerwomen sex，At1995Released in year
。The dialogue language isFrench，Current Douban rating8.0(For reference only)。
Sophie (played by Sandrine Bonnaire) works as a maid in the middle-class Le Rive household, desperately hiding her secret of being illiterate. Introverted and sensitive, Sophie is cautious to avoid mistakes and gains the approval of her employers. The Le Rive family treats Sophie politely, yet it also highlights the different social standings between them. In the town post office, Sophie meets Jeanne (played by Isabelle Huppert), who belongs to the same lower-class. Jeanne harbors a twisted resentment towards the wealthy and, after becoming Sophie's friend, never stops inciting Sophie to sever ties with the upper class. The conflict escalates to an irreconcilable state, and Sophie's secret is exposed in the Le Rive household, causing the harmonious facade to collapse instantly, while Jeanne and Sophie's rebellion resembles a storm…