Claude Chabrol’s La Cérémonie with actress Jacqueline Bisset in person!
Film
La Cérémonie by Claude Chabrol
Laemmle Theatres and the Anniversary Classic Series present a special screening of La Cérémonie followed by a Q&A with Jacqueline Bisset!
Isabelle Huppert joined rising actress Sandrine Bonnaire and veterans Jacqueline Bisset and Jean-Pierre Cassel, for La Cérémonie, adapted from the novel by acclaimed mystery writer Ruth Rendell. Bonnaire plays a maid who is hired to work for a wealthy family living in an isolated mansion in Brittany. Eventually she strikes up a friendship with a savvy postal worker living in the nearby town, played by Huppert. The two young women devise a plan to take advantage of Bonnaire’s employers, played by Bisset and Cassel. Huppert won the Cesar award for her performance, and Bisset earned a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.