Directed by:
Benoît JacquotCinematography:
Romain WindingComposer:
Bruno CoulaisCast:
Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Clotilde Mollet, Hervé Pierre, Patrick d'Assumçao, Vincent Lacoste, Joséphine Derenne, Dominique Reymond, Rosette, Adriana Asti (more)VOD (1)
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France, around 1900. Coming from the vibrancy of Paris, pert Célestine is procured as a chambermaid in Normandy. In the Lanlaire's villa she encounters the lecherous man of the house and his asexual, tyrannical and jealous wife. Célestine is determined to avoid the fate suffered by the cook Marianne who has already secretly killed one child born out of wedlock and now despairingly realises she is pregnant again. The lively maid is intrigued by what the mysterious manservant Joseph is up to: he distributes anti-Semitic leaflets and suggests that she could work for him as a prostitute in Cherbourg ... (Berlinale)
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I found Luis Buñuel's take much better because the film had the right social critique. This essentially disappeared from the French film from 2015, and everything is presented only as a certain scratching of the surface, but it's gradual, light, and not very impactful. I did not enjoy the main character played by Léa Seydoux.
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