"In the 1960s and early '70s, Claude Chabrol was celebrated as the Gallic Hitchcock for his crisp, character-rich thrillers. La Cérémonie, his 1997 hit adapted from Ruth Rendell's novel A Judgement in Stone, is a return to form, an assured domestic drama set in the upper-class household of the kind but condescending Lelievres family. Sandrine Bonnaire, excellent in an enigmatic, uncommunicative role, stars as their new, neurotically sil ..."
"In the 1960s and early '70s, Claude Chabrol was celebrated as the Gallic Hitchcock for his crisp, character-rich thrillers. La Cérémonie, his 1997 hit adapted from Ruth Rendell's novel A Judgement in Stone, is a return to form, an assured domestic drama set in the upper-class household of the kind but condescending Lelievres family. Sandrine Bonnaire, excellent in an enigmatic, uncommunicative role, stars as their new, neurotically sil ..."
"Germany released, NTSC/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: German ( Mono ), English ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), German ( Subtitles ), Portuguese ( Subtitles ), Russian ( Subtitles ), Spanish ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: This film is a difficult combination of symbolic tableaux and more ordinary documentary considerations about the life of Ludwig II of Bavaria, known as the 'Mad King ..."
"Simon, the "invincible" leader of a police special unit, makes a startling discovery during a botched raid on a counterfeiting gang--the escaped suspect is a former partner who supposedly committed suicide four years ago!
Simon gradually becomes caught up in a larger scheme involving bribery and money-laundering, a complex web of double-cross, murder and revenge, as well as an affair with the beautiful wife of a government official inve ..."