Céleste

1h 30min

Drama

Georges Cazenave, a " politically committed" French TV reporter leads a good life. Besides having a regular mistress in the person of Hélène, he is a ladies man with "a girl in every port". But this comfortable situation is challenged the day he hires Céleste as his housemaid. A Portuguese immigrant, she soon appears to be a Marxist-Leninist activist, engaged in political groups working against the regime of Salazar, the dictator of Portugal. Geoges and Céleste fall in love with each other, which brings adventure in the reporter's hitherto superficial life, upset by a breakup with Hélène, the interference of the French Secret Service and a touch of terrorism.

Production Companies

Arvo Film

Pegaso Films

Société Nouvelle de Doublage SND

Cast

Débora Duarte

Débora Duarte

Céleste Pereira
Jean Rochefort

Jean Rochefort

Georges Cazenave
Lea Massari

Lea Massari

Hélène
Gabriel Cattand

Gabriel Cattand

Maître Moret
David José

David José

The bearded man
Raymond Gérôme

Raymond Gérôme

Leader of the French barbouzes
Harry-Max

Harry-Max

Attendant of the bath-showers
Arlette Thomas

Arlette Thomas

Céleste’s landlady

Release date

10th Dec 1970

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Français