The wealthy owner of a gallery, Catherine Lelievre, hires a quiet and efficient maid, Sophie, to work in their French countryside manor. As Sophie becomes friends with the postmistress Jeanne, who encourages her to rebel against her employers, Sophie must navigate her secret shame and find ways to hide it.
La Cérémonie
In a world of societal constraints, a young maid discovers a beacon of hope in a compassionate post-office clerk, who nurtures her creativity and emboldens her to defy the suffocating grip of her wealthy employer's tyrannical household.