La Cérémonie(1995)
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.
Movie: La Cérémonie
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Sophie Bonhomme
Jeanne
Georges Lelièvre
Catherine Lelièvre
Melinda
Gilles
Jeremie
Madame Lantier
Priest
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