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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%. Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 93% of the 1,941 1990s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
414 audience votes
Key crew
- Claude ChabrolDirector
- Matthieu ChabrolOriginal Music Composer
- Claude ChabrolWriter
- Caroline EliacheffWriter
Cast
- Sandrine BonnaireSophie Bonhomme
- Isabelle HuppertJeanne
- Jean-Pierre CasselGeorges Lelièvre
- Jacqueline BissetCatherine Lelièvre
- Virginie LedoyenMelinda
- Valentin MerletGilles
- Julien RochefortJeremie
- Dominique FrotMadame Lantier
- Jean-François PerrierPriest
- Ludovic BrillantCast
- Claire ChironCast
- Claire-Marie DentrayguesCast
Stills
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Themes
class societyfranceilliteracycountry lifebourgeoisiefemale friendshippregnant minorpostgallery ownerfemme fatalemaidfamily
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