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)Plots(1)
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)
(more)Cast
Léa Seydoux
France
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Vincent Lindon
France
Best movies:
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Clotilde Mollet
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The Intouchables (2011)
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Hervé Pierre
France
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Patrick d'Assumçao
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Vincent Lacoste
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Joséphine Derenne
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Dominique Reymond
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Devils (2002)
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Rosette
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The Green Ray (1986)
Adriana Asti
Italy
Best movies:
The Best of Youth (2003) (series)
Una breve vacanza (1973)
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Aurélia Petit
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Alain Eloy
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Yvette Petit
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Maud Wyler
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Édith Le Merdy
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Philippe Suner
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Eric Moreau
France
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Gérald Raynaud
France
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Rosalie Blum (2015)
Nicolas Peduzzi
France
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Sandrine Ferraro
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