Celestine, Maid at Your Service

Year: 1974

Duration: 1:34:12

Directed by: Jesús Franco

Actors: Lina Romay, Howard Vernon, Olivier Mathot

Language: French(No Subs)

Country: France

Also known as: Célestine… bonne à tout faire (original title), Mädchen für intime Stunden, The Sexcapades of Celestine

Description: Young and charming Celestine (famous Lina Romay – Sex is Crazy and Sinfonia Erotica), in consequence of her escape from the brothel, casually arranged in a lock on the job as a maid, which thrives idyllic family life. Soon the inhabitants of the castle are beginning to replace their manners, men and women can not stand the sexual attraction to aspire to own a new maid.

Review: Jean Renoir, Luis Buñuel, Jesús Franco … To see those names in the same breath – just a oxymoron. That they may be combined, except that both the first and second, and the third shot the movie? Why, though, Octave Mirbeau with his “Diary of a maid” – a classic novel era of “critical realism”, adapted for the screen by the classics of world cinema … and the world of trash. Of course, to know the “Celestine” vicissitudes of the famous novel would only very shrewd man – but that stuff, unworthy of mention. The fact that the anti-bourgeois drama into a situation comedy, reminiscent of Beaumarchais and even Moliere – too. But the fact that the Franco not often wake up comedy writer, though, apparently all of his work to the disposal, could not affect the final result.

Gags and sketches in the “Celestine” is extremely scanty, and in most cases is not too ridiculous (maybe except for the scene in which she in turn hides in his room the entire household of the Comte de la Brackett: but it is – just a paraphrase on themes of French and Italian comedy extravaganza.) Although Lina Romeo a charming and, it seems, feeling well in the role haràkternoy comic actress … We can only regret that the many years of work with Franco prevented her seriously try in this field. In “Celestine” Lina was not really a part of a possible enough to fool around in the frame and use it to the maximum. And let it not clowning can cause infectious laughter, but it was a kind smile – exactly.

And the rest, “Celestina” – usually for Franco anthem sin that he was ready to sing in all its forms and manifestations. Naive and kind Celestine explodes inside respectable family of de la Brackett their innocent immorality. For her there is no concept of sin, she enjoys life itself, and this gives pleasure to all others. And many others stifle moral taboos and bourgeois conventionality, at some point in transforming their lives into hell … Hmm, even here you can find some similarity in the ideas of Octave Mirbeau and Jesus Franco (three times the “ha-ha” …) . Celestine as its purity and innocence of sin destroys the chains and gives the count’s family hope for a new life. Quite a so … anti-bourgeois.

Actually, if you talk like this, all the work of the French – anti-bourgeois. Although, it would be correct to say, marginal. But it is doubtful whether he really thought about it. Especially, removing “Celestine” – nice looking, light comedy in which numerous erotic scenes shot and softkorovye surprisingly tactful and … innocent, which fully correspond to the character of the protagonist. And adjusts to … hmm, philosophical mood. And – rare in any of his films Lina Romeo was so direct and charming as this. And it is – one more reason not to pass by this unpretentious but sweet movie.

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