Towards Ecstasy (1960)

10.0/10 86 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Pascale Petit

Catherine

Giani Esposito

Jérôme

Serge Sauvion

Jacques

Monique Mélinand

Mrs. 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

Lysiane Rey

Mrs. Bègue

Malka Ribowska

Hassibah

Denise Vernac

Mrs. Heurtebie

Louis Viret

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