Towards Ecstasy (1960)
1960 · 1h 26m · Drama
Genres: Drama
Catherine married Jérôme, a wealthy landowner living in North Africa, from a bourgeois but noxious background. While living in total family harmony, she is seized by a mystical crisis following a vision of a cleric in ecstasy. She abandons her home and worldly possessions to take a job as a maid.
Director: René Wheeler
Writers: Madeleine Alleins, Charles Spaak, René Wheeler
Cinematography: Christian Matras
Editor: Renée Lichtig
Cast
Pascale Petit as CatherineGiani Esposito as JérômeSerge Sauvion as JacquesMonique Mélinand as Mrs. SchultzHugues Wanner as Mr. SchultzNelly Borgeaud as OdetteMichel Ardan as Monsieur BègueFrance Asselin as A bourgeoiseRobert DalbanMichel Etcheverry as Father BrunoPaul FaivreGeneviève Kervine as Anne-MarieMore like this
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