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Celestine

5.5 98 mins Comedy   1974
Comptoir Français du Film Production   Cinépix Film Properties  
Director(s): Jesús Franco

Release Date: 16 Wed, Oct 1974

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.

Casts of Celestine

Lina Romay

as Célestine

Olivier Mathot

as Count Fernand

Howard Vernon

as Grandfather

Pamela Stanford

as Martine

Monica Swinn

as Mademoiselle Ursule

Richard Bigotini

as Malou, the Butler

Lynn Monteil

as Contess Hermonie

Anna Gladysek

as Janine, a prostitute

Henri Guégan

as Matthias

Raymond Hardy

as Sebastien

Catherine Lafferière

as Sebastien's Wife

Jean-Pierre Bouyxou

as Moral Policeman

Jesús Franco

as Sleeping Man

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