Celestine

Overview

The story opens with Celestine eluding arrest with a friend as the police raid a brothel. While hiding out in the hayloft of the Count de la Braquette's estate, she meets the hayseed handyman Sébastien and the butler Malou, who reward her favors with the offer of employment. In a manner recalling Terence Stamp's effect on the household in TEOREMA, Celestine's open and relaxed attitude toward sexuality has a transformative effect on the isolated, moribund inhabitants of the mansion, imbuing them with gift of renewed life for the men and women alike, that remains even after a third act twist that forces her to betray them.

Cast

Lina Romay

Célestine

Olivier Mathot

Count Fernand

Howard Vernon

Grandfather

Pamela Stanford

Martine

Monica Swinn

Mademoiselle Ursule

Richard Bigotini

Malou, the Butler

N/A

Lynn Monteil

Contess Hermonie

Anna Gladysek

Janine, a prostitute

Henri Guégan

Matthias

Raymond Hardy

Sebastien

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Jean-Pierre Granet

Marc

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Catherine Lafferière

Sebastien's Wife