ÖZET
In the early 1900s, in the French provinces. Célestine a beautiful and libertarian young woman, who has been hired as a chambermaid by the Lanlaires, arrives from Paris at the train station. Joseph, her masters' gruff gardener takes her to the house where she is to work. She is "welcomed" by Mr. Lanlaire who immediately starts fondling her. She then meets Mrs. Lanlaire, a very unpleasant woman with a class superiority. All this bodes ill for the future...
- Léa SeydouxCélestine
- Vincent LindonJoseph
- Clotilde MolletMadame Lanlaire
- Hervé PierreMonsieur Lanlaire
- Mélodie ValembergMarianne
- Patrick d'AssumçaoLe capitaine
- Vincent LacosteGeorges
- Joséphine DerenneLa grand-mère de Georges
- Dominique ReymondLa placeuse
- RosetteRose
- Adriana AstiElvira Parsi, la maquerelle
- Aurélia PetitLa maîtresse (train)
- Jean-Louis CroquetLe maître (train)
- Alain EloyLe douanier
- Yvette PetitMadame Gouin, la mercière
- Maud WylerLa jeune bourgeoise
- Anne RaphaëlFemme 1
- Anne LichtleFemme 2
- Hélène SchwallerFemme 3
- Claire RuppliFemme 4
- Édith Le MerdyFemme 5
- Michaël AragonesHomme à la canne
- Nicolas PeduzziDomestique en livrée
- Emmanuel MénardBourgeois épicerie
- Philippe SunerLe procureur