Céleste (1980)

Directed by

Percy Adlon

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

14A

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

The film takes place in Paris from 1912 to 1922. It shows the writer Marcel Proust through the eyes of his maid Céleste Albaret, who cares for him as he writes in bed.

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What happens

Céleste is a 1980 West German film by Percy Adlon about the life of the French writer Marcel Proust as he lay in his bed from 1912 to 1922; the story is told through the eyes of his real life maid, Céleste Albaret. She waited decades before writing her own book about the experience which was adapted for the screen by Percy Adlon. Andrew Sarris called the film "one of the most profound tributes one art form has ever paid to another." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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