Celestine, Maid At Your Service (1974)
Directors
CelestineCélestine... bonne à tout faire
Overview
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.
Cast
Lina Romay
Olivier Mathot
Howard Vernon
Pamela Stanford
Monica Swinn
Richard Bigotini
Lynn Monteil
Anna Gladysek
Henri Guégan
Raymond Hardy
Jean-Pierre Granet
Catherine Lafferière
Jean-Pierre Bouyxou
Jesús Franco
Crew
Jesús Franco
Nicole Guettard
Jesús Franco
Robert de Nesle
Paul De Senneville
Olivier Toussaint
Étienne Rosenfeld
Jesús Franco
The police raid a brothel and a prostitute (Lina Romay) escapes into the countryside. The woman, Celestine, ends up at a rich folks house where she ends up sleeping with two of the servants who then get her a job as a maid.
