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The Romance of Astrea and Celadon

Original title: Les amours d'Astrée et de Céladon
  • 20072007
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.6K
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The Romance of Astrea and Celadon (2007)
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
A romantic drama centered around a young shepherd and shepherdess and the ramifications of their forbidden affair.A romantic drama centered around a young shepherd and shepherdess and the ramifications of their forbidden affair.A romantic drama centered around a young shepherd and shepherdess and the ramifications of their forbidden affair.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.6K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Writers
    • Honoré d'Urfé(novel "L'Astrée")
    • Éric Rohmer(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Andy Gillet
    • Stéphanie Crayencour
    • Cécile Cassel
Top credits
  • Director
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Writers
    • Honoré d'Urfé(novel "L'Astrée")
    • Éric Rohmer(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Andy Gillet
    • Stéphanie Crayencour
    • Cécile Cassel
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    • 14User reviews
    • 47Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 7 nominations

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    Andy Gillet and Stéphanie Crayencour in The Romance of Astrea and Celadon (2007)
    Andy Gillet and Stéphanie Crayencour in The Romance of Astrea and Celadon (2007)
    The Romance of Astrea and Celadon (2007)
    The Romance of Astrea and Celadon (2007)
    The Romance of Astrea and Celadon (2007)

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    Andy Gillet
    Andy Gillet
    • Céladonas Céladon
    Stéphanie Crayencour
    • Astréeas Astrée
    Cécile Cassel
    Cécile Cassel
    • Léonideas Léonide
    Véronique Reymond
    Véronique Reymond
    • Galathéeas Galathée
    Rosette
    Rosette
    • Sylvieas Sylvie
    Jocelyn Quivrin
    Jocelyn Quivrin
    • Lycidasas Lycidas
    Mathilde Mosnier
    Mathilde Mosnier
    • Phillisas Phillis
    Rodolphe Pauly
    • Hylasas Hylas
    Serge Renko
    • Adamasas Adamas
    Arthur Dupont
    Arthur Dupont
    • Semyreas Semyre
    Priscilla Galland
    • Amyntheas Amynthe
    Olivier Blond
    • Un bergeras Un berger
    Alexandre Everest
    • Un bergeras Un berger
    Fanny Vambacas
    • Une bergèreas Une bergère
    Caroline Blotière
    • Une bergèreas Une bergère
    Alain Libolt
    • Le commentateuras Le commentateur
    • (voice)
    Marie Rivière
    Marie Rivière
    • La mère de Céladonas La mère de Céladon
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Éric Rohmer
    • Writers
      • Honoré d'Urfé(novel "L'Astrée")
      • Éric Rohmer(adaptation)
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    • Trivia
      Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2007 (#07, tied with "Honor de cavalleria" and "Avant que j'oublie")
    • Connections
      Referenced in Maestro (2014)

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    8/10
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    I had a bad time with the last medieval-set film from Eric Rohmer, Perceval le Gallois, generally because it was shot on sets and I found Fabrice Luchini as Perceval incredibly annoying. Having an interest in the literature of the time I was uncomfortable with the portrayal.

    So I came to this one with misgivings, but fortunately it allowed some of the source material to breathe. The film is based on a 17th century novel called L'Astrée by Honoré d'Urfé. It is set in 5th Century France and is a romantic fantasy of the times. It seems that all characters are either shepherds, shepherdesses, nymphs or druids. I feel that Rohmer's style is quite inflexible, he shot this movie in squarish 4:3, as usual, whereas I felt the languor of the material, the playful Arcadian tone, the respect for the landscape (that Rohmer professes at the start of the film) required a more horizontal treatment of 2.35:1. Full-screen is what Rohmer typically uses and is good for his conversational films, or portraiture if you will. Here the material begs for something different, think for example of the British romantic painters William Etty and Lord Leighton, of Leighton's The Daphnephoria, Etty's The World Before The Flood, long sensual paintings. Rohmer does however try his best to find scenes that look best under 4:3, for example when Astrea takes her flock to high pasture up a steep meadow, there's no other way the scene should be filmed, it's more a case of Rohmer fitting the world to his aspect ratio though. I think that what works best for Rohmer in nearly all of his other films was a weakness here, the spartan conversational style.

    Celadon is a prince who has decided to live as a shepherd, having presciently followed Voltaire's advice that working the land is the key to happiness. He is loved by Astrea, a shepherdess. A tragic miscommunication between the two leads to their separation and peregrinations. Along the way we are treated to the usual Rohmerian banter about how love can't be forced, elective affinities, and the rationalisations and sophistries of love that each of the characters own. The main chat is between Hylas and Lycidas. Hylas is the equivalent of the bumble bee, he believes that men are meant to flit like bees from flower to flower, he is a joyful larger-than-life character. Lycidas on the other hand believes in monogamous love (with his beloved Phillis), a fusion of souls and both openly scorn the other, though Lycidas comes off as dour. I'm not convinced the philosophical material is a move forward from his earlier movies such as Pauline a la Plage, but it certainly is presented here with enough charm.

    The source material is well over 5000 pages long and obviously here we have a massive condensation. You can sense this quite often, for example when Celadon contemplates a painting of Psyche dripping hot wax on the sleeping Cupid. The painting is loaded with context, it's describing a scene from Apuleius' The Golden Ass, the only fully-surviving Latin novel, the whole episode is a rich and dense allegory regarding Platonism and different types of love, it's just skipped over here.

    The movie definitely is a pleasure to watch for me, despite the extravagance that the tale yearns to be told with, and which is barely present here. I don't think there is any director alive, or any budget that would see full justice done to the story, I think Rohmer succeeded as much as can be expected.
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    • Release date
      • August 15, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
      • Spain
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Romance of Astree and Celadon
    • Filming locations
      • Auvergne, France
    • Production companies
      • Rézo Productions
      • Compagnie Eric Rohmer (CER)
      • BIM Distribuzione
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $386,621
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      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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