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La Cérémonie
Why this pick
Chabrol again pairs cool, exacting social observation with mounting unease, centering women whose constrained lives harden into a quietly devastating confrontation.
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MOVIE1988 1h 48m FRA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
A stark, provocative portrait of a woman whose repression turns destructive, told with the same interest in social hypocrisy and the discomfort of withholding easy moral judgment.
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The Piano Teacher
Why this pick
Its severe, observant treatment of female desire, shame, and control echoes Chabrol’s clinical intensity, though in a more contemporary and psychologically abrasive register.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Isabelle Huppert
Marie
Nils Tavernier
Lucien
Marie Bunel
Ginette
Dominique Blanc
Jasmine
François Cluzet
Paul
Marie Trintignant
Lulu
Lolita Chammah
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Danièle Graule
Loulou