Live stream preview

Watch this video and more on The Criterion Channel

Watch this video and more on The Criterion Channel

Start your free trial

Already subscribed? Sign in

True Crime

La cérémonie

1h 52m

Directed by Claude Chabrol • 1995 • France, Germany
Starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert, Jacqueline Bisset

Catherine (Jacqueline Bisset) hires the illiterate Sophie (Sandrine Bonnaire) as her maid. But Sophie soon falls under the influence of the mysterious postal worker Jeanne (Isabelle Huppert), and the stage is set for a tale of murder, violence, and betrayal. This late-career triumph from Claude Chabrol exemplifies the New Wave auteur’s mastery of suspense and twisted psychodrama.

Up Next in True Crime

  • Deep Crimson
    1:54:42
    Deep Crimson

    Deep Crimson

    Directed by Arturo Ripstein • 1996 • France, Mexico, Spain

    In this alternately macabre and mirthful thriller, based on a true-crime story, renowned Mexican director Arturo Ripstein brings a stylish audacity to the tale of the "Lonely Hearts Killers," a couple who, in the 1940s, posed as brother ...

  • Gomorrah
    2:17:22
    Gomorrah

    Gomorrah

    Directed by Matteo Garrone • 2008 • Italy
    Starring Toni Servillo, Salvatore Abruzzese, Gianfelice Imparato

    Matteo Garrone’s GOMORRAH is a stark, shocking vision of contemporary gangsterdom, and one of cinema’s most authentic depictions of organized crime. In this tour de force adaptation of unde...

  • Fry Day
    16:10
    Fry Day

    Fry Day

    Directed by Laura Moss • 2017 • United States

    On the night of Ted Bundy’s execution, a teenage girl photographing the accompanying media circus has her own sinister encounter with a seemingly charming young man.

×