Towards Ecstasy
Drama
★ 10.0/1019601h 26m
Director: René Wheeler
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. After a bumpy road that severely tested her spirituality, Catherine found peace by returning to live with her devoted partner.
Runtime
1h 26m
Language
French
Released
Sep 22, 1960
Runtime
1h 26m
Language
French
Released
Sep 22, 1960
Cast
Pascale Petit
Catherine
Giani Esposito
Jérôme
Serge Sauvion
Jacques
Monique Mélinand
Mrs. Schultz
Hugues Wanner
Hugues Wanner
Mr. Schultz
Nelly Borgeaud
Odette
Michel Ardan
Monsieur Bègue
France Asselin
A bourgeoise
Robert Dalban
Michel Etcheverry
Father Bruno
Paul Faivre
Geneviève Kervine
Anne-Marie
Jacques Marin
The butcher
Liliane Patrick
Liliane Patrick
The flight attendant
Marie-Claude Poirier
Marie-Claude Poirier
Jeannette
Lysiane Rey
Mrs. Bègue
Malka Ribowska
Hassibah
Ahmed Roui
Ahmed Roui
Denise Vernac
Denise Vernac
Mrs. Heurtebie
Louis Viret
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