Veteran auteur Eric Rohmer's magical and extraordinary new film is a pastoral fantasy set in fifth Century Gaul, based on a novel by Honoré d'Urfé. When the shepherd Céladon is mistakenly accused of infidelity and abandoned by his beloved, the beautiful Astrea, he throws himself into a river in despair. A remorseful Astrea is .. Read more
| Starring | Stéphanie Crayencour, Cécile Cassel, Véronique Reymond, Rosette |
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| Director | Eric Rohmer |
| Genres | World Cinema |
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Veteran auteur Eric Rohmer's magical and extraordinary new film is a pastoral fantasy set in fifth Century Gaul, based on a novel by Honoré d'Urfé. When the shepherd Céladon is mistakenly accused of infidelity and abandoned by his beloved, the beautiful Astrea, he throws himself into a river in despair. A remorseful Astrea is consumed by grief, little knowing that Céladon was actually rescued and nursed back to health by a nymph and her cohorts. But Céladon promised Astrea he would stay away from her forever - how can he reunite with his love without disobeying her?
| Starring | Stéphanie Crayencour, Cécile Cassel, Véronique Reymond, Rosette, Rodolphe Pauly, Andy Gillet, Jocelyn Quivrin, Mathilde Mosnier, Rudolph Pauly, Serge Renko, Arthur Dupont |
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| Director | Eric Rohmer |
| Studio | ARTIFICIAL EYE |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 49 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 12 Jan 2009 Production year: 2007 |
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