THE ROMANCE OF ASTRÉE AND CÉLADON (Les Amours d’Astrée et de Céladon) West Coast Premiere Drama/Comedy/Romance France/Espagne/Italie, 2007 In French with English subtitles 35mm/1.85/Color/Dolby Digital DTS/109 min Official Selection: Venice Mostra (2007), Toronto International Film Festival (2007), New York Film Festival (2007), Tokyo French Film Festival (2008), Rotterdam International Film Festival (2008) Written & directed by: Eric Rohmer Based on a novel by: Honoré d’Urfé Cinematography: Diane Baratier Editor: Mary Stephen Music: Jean-Louis Valéro Produced by: Françoise Etchegaray, Philippe Liégeois, Jean-Michel Rey Production Companies: Rezo Films, Compagnie Éric Rohmer Co-production: Alta Produccion, BIM Distribuzione With: Andy Gillet (Céladon), Stéphanie de Crayencour (Astrée), Cécile Cassel (Léonide), Véronique Reymond (Galathée), Rosette (Sylvie), Jocelyn Quivrin (Lycidas), Mathilde Mosnier (Phillis), Rodophe Pauly (Hylas), Serge Renko (Adamas) Upcoming release on DVD in the U.S by: Koch Lorber Films 22 Harbor Park Drive Port Washington, NY 11050 Phone: 516 484 1000 Fax: 516 484 4746 www.kochlorberfilms.com Boldly adapting a 17th century pastoral novel set in 5th century Gaul, Nouvelle Vague master Eric Rohmer explores some of his favorite themes in this new opus, hailed by the Cahiers du Cinéma as one of the best films of 2007. The Romance of Astrée & Céladon is a classic Rohmerian tale of love and fidelity where Astrée and Céladon, two lovers separated by a tragic misunderstanding, find each other again through baroque circumstances involving nymphs, druids and goddesses. ERIC ROHMER A former literature professor and journalist, Rohmer was one of the first contributors to Cahiers du Cinéma, and was its editor from 1957 to 1963. Since his first short film Journal d’un scélérat in 1950, Eric Rohmer has crafted a coherent and impressive body of work, introducing early on the concept of film cycle: moral tales, comedies and proverbs, tales of the four seasons. Throughout his career, he has won many awards, including a Grand Prize of the Jury at Cannes for The Marquise of O, a Silver Bear for Pauline at the Beach and The Collector, a Golden Lion for his overall career, and an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay in 1971 for My Night at Maud’s. PRESS “...It is executed with Rohmer's typical sober poise, and its surprising sexual thematics make it an object of considerable fascination. (...) As well as being an elegant, if studiedly small-scale landscape film, the film is also texturally rich. (Screen International) “... The stilted language of courtly love feels absolutely natural. In the mouths of shepherdesses with crooked staffs and shepherds with wooden flutes, such speechifying carries the absolutism of youth -- or the intransigence of old age.” (Variety) “A few filmmakers have taught us that we could walk with the dead, while remaining at the most prosaic surface of things, without undoing or tearing it. Rohmer, through the grace of the metamorphosis of his art, is now a member of that group.” (Les Cahiers du Cinéma)