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The Romance of Astrea and Celadon

Play trailer Poster for The Romance of Astrea and Celadon 2007,  1h 49m,  Drama/ Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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68% Tomatometer 40 Reviews 52% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
A shepherd disguises himself as a woman so that his angry lover will not recognize him.
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon

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A disappointing melodrama with a pedestrian script and direction.

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Richard Brody The New Yorker Sep 11, 2017
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. Go to Full Review
Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune Jan 30, 2009
3/4
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. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 30, 2009
2.5/4
The movie does rather run on, although it is charming and sweet, and is perhaps too languid. Go to Full Review
Sarah Manvel Cinemattraction Feb 10, 2019
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. Go to Full Review
Daniel Kasman MUBI Nov 17, 2017
...the director's own sweet, unexpected eroticism, and the film's gentle spirit simply make a work that is light, lovely, and strange. Go to Full Review
Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Aug 26, 2009
Blissful Go to Full Review
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Movie Info

Synopsis A shepherd disguises himself as a woman so that his angry lover will not recognize him.
Director
Éric Rohmer
Producer
Françoise Etchegaray, Philippe Liégeois
Screenwriter
Éric Rohmer
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 31, 2018
Runtime
1h 49m
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