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'La Ceremonie'
When the Lelievres, a well-to-do French family, hire servant Sophie, life at their isolated chateau undergoes a welcome transformation. But there are hints of trouble from the beginning. It becomes clear to us, but not the family, that Sophie is illiterate. For the housekeeper, such straightforward tasks as reading shopping lists or dashed off notes from her employers are traumatic experiences. She looks as if she could implode with frustration.
When Jeanne, the district’s brassy postal clerk, befriends Sophie, it’s a match made in heaven, but their growing friendship is bitterly opposed by Mr. Lelievres, who’s convinced that the postal clerk reads his mail. -- Desson Howe
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