Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man, ...
Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the
Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man,
but Mr. Lanlaire is not a right choice: the house is firmly controlled
by Madame Lanlaire, helped by the strange valet Joseph. Then she tries
the neighbour, former officer Mauger. This seems to work. But soon the
son of the Lanlaires comes back. He is young, attractive and does not
share his mother's antirepublican opinions. So Celestine's beauty
attracts Captain Mauger, young Georges Lanlaire, and Joseph. Three men,
from three different social classes, with three different conceptions of
life. Will Celestine be able to convince Georges of her sincerity? Will
sinister and inflexible Joseph let his views on Celestine be ruined? A
quite disillusioned depiction of humanity.
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