Céleste (Italian: Un soffio di piacere) is a 1970 French-Italian comedy film directed by Michel Gast and starring Débora Duarte, Jean Rochefort and Lea Massari. It was shot in Eastmancolor. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raoul Albert.
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Synopsis
Georges Cazenave, is a superficial French television reporter who enjoys the good life and his relationship with his mistress Hélène. All this turns on its head when he hires Céleste, a Portuguese housemaid. He soon discovers that she is secretly a communist activist plotting against the Estado Novo dictatorship of António de Oliveira Salazar in her native country. The two fall in love, adding chaos to the previously simple life of Georges.
Cast
Débora Duarte as Céleste Pereira
Jean Rochefort as Georges Cazenave
Lea Massari as Hélène
Anne-Marie Coffinet as Marie-Jeanne
Philippe Ogouz as Antoine
Gabriel Cattand as Maître Moret
David José as Le barbu
Philippe Dumat as Bonneval
Perrette Pradier as Catherine
Raymond Gérôme as Le chef des barbouzes français
Harry-Max as Le préposé des bains-douches
Marianik Revillon as Sarah
Arlette Thomas as La logeuse de Céleste
Bernard Tiphaine as Un barbouze