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.
Acting
Bonnaire and Huppert's toxic chemistry is *chef's kiss*
Direction
Chabrol's final shot will haunt your dreams
Writing
The illiteracy reveal hits like a gut punch
Director
Claude Chabrol
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Ruth Rendell's 'A Judgement in Stone' and Bong Joon-ho's 'Parasite' spiritual ancestor.
Chabrol called this his favorite film; it's the culmination of his 40-year obsession with bourgeois rot.
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