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Celestine

Celestine

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 16, 1974

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

58%

Original Title

Célestine... bonne à tout faire

Production Companies

Comptoir Français du Film Production (CFFP), CFP

Director

Jesús Franco

Description

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.