La intriga, que se sitúa en un bosque maravilloso, en la Galia de los druidas del siglo V, relata los amores del pastor Céladon y de la bella Astrée. Convencida de la infidelidad de Céladon, Astrée lo abandona. El joven, desesperado, intenta suicidarse, pero es salvado por las ninfas.

We love Rohmer’s signature dissections of human relationships in the modern world. But he was also drawn to the past too. His swansong is a deliciously light tale of longing and cross-dressing in the 17th century. One of the most erudite of the French New Wave at his most playful and sensual!