Towards Ecstasy

1960· 86 min★ 5.5· Drama

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, Giani Esposito, Serge Sauvion

Director: René Wheeler