Céleste
1981 · 107 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 296 VOTES · DIR. Percy Adlon
Overview
In 1914, with men gone to war, Marcel Proust hired Céleste Albaret as his attendant. More than eight years later, she was at his side when he died. During this entire time, she only entered his room when he rang for her, sleeping from 9 AM to 3 PM to wait during the night while he wrote. Marcel uses her as more than a servant: she is his muse, telling stories of her childhood to stir his remembrance of things past; she's in cahoots with him as he manipulates those he wants to draw on for his writing; she listens appalled to his descriptions of the underside of Paris. Hers is a life of love and sweet devotion as he races time to finish his work before death.
Dialogue Timeline — 652 lines
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00:05:11 After he wakes and has his inhalation, Monsieur never speaks.
00:08:08 You take the croissant down there.
00:11:56 I couldn't see his face, but his eyes looked at me.
00:18:12 Yes, I know, they always go for the best bits.
00:20:39 Go ahead!
00:23:56 With pleasure.
00:26:18 That's what Odilon told me, and I answered, "Ok, I'll go"
00:31:37 People won't mind me being spattered.
00:38:03 And the Countess Chevigne'?
00:40:24 He wanted to sit next to me but seated there
00:42:31 This elegance, this extravagance!
00:45:29 But why?
00:48:34 thinking I'd not know his dialect
00:51:09 Mama climbed up with a bucket of water.
00:55:17 It's after five.
00:59:41 I don't know when I'll be back.
01:07:41 Of course.
01:09:53 I implore you, it's urgent!
01:11:31 - Don't answer their questions. - I shan't say a word.
01:18:23 May I ask you, once again...
01:27:20 but takes none.
01:29:30 Cold beer! Quickly!
01:32:25 under my stride, it didn't look as if I'd have the strength
01:37:35 Yes, Celeste.