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The Romance of Astrea and Celadon (2007)

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Movie Info

A shepherd disguises himself as a woman so that his angry lover will not recognize him.

Genre:

drama, romance
Original Language:

French (Canada)
Director:

Éric Rohmer
Producer:

Françoise Etchegaray, Philippe Liégeois
Writer:

Éric Rohmer
Release Date (Streaming):

Dec 31, 2018
Runtime:

1h 49m

Cast & Crew

Andy Gillet
Céladon

Stéphanie Crayencour
Astréa

Cécile Cassel
Léonide

Véronique Reymond
Galathée

Rosette
Sylvie

Jocelyn Quivrin
Lycidas

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Critic Reviews for The Romance of Astrea and Celadon

All Critics (42) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (14)

Rohmer left the stage with an audacious flourish, infusing a fifth-century pastoral fantasy (adapted from a seventeenth-century novel) with a lifetime of stories, passions, and big ideas.

September 11, 2017 | Full Review…

Richard Brody
New Yorker
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November 17, 2011 | Rating: 4/5

Ben Kenigsberg
Time Out
In what he claims will be his final film, 87-year-old Eric Rohmer fashions a serenely daffy coda to a half a lifetime spent behind the camera exploring the vicissitudes of romance.

January 30, 2009 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
The movie does rather run on, although it is charming and sweet, and is perhaps too languid.

January 30, 2009 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
It's often as fresh and buoyant as [Rohmer's] modern takes on the battle of the sexes.

November 7, 2008 | Rating: 3/4

John Hartl
Seattle Times
But I wish the acting was less like amateur dramatics and the plot less like a slightly camp game.

September 12, 2008 | Rating: 2/5

Derek Malcolm
London Evening Standard
In this story, there's nothing so upsetting that a poem carved into a tree can't solve, and no hearts so broken that a spot of crossdressing can't cheer them up again.

February 10, 2019 | Full Review…

Sarah Manvel
Cinemattraction
...the director's own sweet, unexpected eroticism, and the film's gentle spirit simply make a work that is light, lovely, and strange.

November 17, 2017 | Full Review…

Daniel Kasman
MUBI
Blissful

August 26, 2009 | Full Review…

Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion
This is no historical portrait of ancient life but a dreamy reflection of 17th-century romanticism of the past...

November 6, 2008 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Strip away the fey costumes, aristocratic nymphs, kindly druids and fairytale castles and what have you got? A typically Rohmerian exploration of courtship and fidelity among innocent young 'uns.

September 12, 2008 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Tom Dawson
Total Film
The director's usual traits are present and correct - glacial pacing, silent film-like direction, a love of nature - meaning audiences' eyes will soon Rohmer about the room looking for an exit.

September 12, 2008 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Rob Daniel
Sky Cinema