Celeste & Jesse
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Celeste & Jesse |
| Original title | Celeste & Jesse Forever |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lee Toland Warrior |
| script |
Rashida Jones , Will McCormack |
| production |
Jennifer Todd , Suzanne Todd |
| music |
Sunny Levine , Zach Cowie |
| camera | David Lanzenberg |
| cut | Yana Gorskaya |
| occupation | |
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Celeste & Jesse (Original Title: Celeste & Jesse Forever ; Alternative Title: Celeste & Jesse Relationship Status: It's Complicated! ) Is an American romantic comedy by director Lee Toland Krieger , which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival . The German theatrical release was on February 14, 2013.
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Jesse, a casual graphic artist , and Celeste, a trend researcher and partner in a marketing agency, have known each other since high school and have been married for six years. Both are now over 30 and notice that their relationship has run out of steam. By mutual agreement, they decide to part ways. Jesse moves into his studio behind his former home. Both try to get to know people and build a new relationship. Nevertheless, they always stay in contact and meet regularly. They are best friends, live next door to each other and talk about everything to each other. However, each of them deals differently with the breakup, and so their meetings sometimes prove difficult, even for their mutual friends. There are always arguments, including whether their separation was really the right move. Although Celeste is a successful business woman who believes she did the right thing, she often has doubts. She would lose a lot with her long-term partner, and it is still difficult for her to let go. Jesse is secretly hoping that his wife will change her mind because he still loves her. This hope is destroyed especially suddenly after a night together with Celeste, when she describes it as a mistake. Jesse travels and ignores calls to Celeste who apologize to him. Jesse starts a new relationship with Veronica, with whom he had a one-night stand a few months ago after the breakup. After Jesse tells Celeste about Veronica's pregnancy, she tries harder to break away from Jesse. She meets with several men but realizes that she is still attached to Jesse and the breakup was a mistake. She asks Jesse if he would be ready to get back with her. The conversation ends in an argument. They both meet again at a friends wedding. Celeste's appreciative toast reconciles Jesse with her. As a result, Celeste also brings the motivation to move forward with the divorce. When they sign the divorce papers they are good friends again, cracking insider jokes . She asks him if he loves Veronica, who says yes. Celeste wishes him all the best and that he will fight for his new love. They part with one last kiss.
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The two screenwriters, Rashida Jones and Will McCormack , were nominated for Best First Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards 2013 .
Reviews
The Spiegel judges Celeste & Jesse as "a clever, light-footed love comedy about big city neurotics, which, especially in the witty dialogues, achieves the weird charm of the role model Woody Allen." The charming comedy does not shy away from "the audience feeling the melancholy of lovesickness." allow. So it leads to a bittersweet happy ending that surprises - and once again sets it apart from the mendacious chirping of love from other romantic comedies ”.
Kino.de also assesses Celeste & Jesse as "an extremely charming declaration of war on the matter of course" and regards it as "a very entertaining forum for the comic and dramatic qualities of Rashida Jones, which Hollywood has previously hidden in supporting roles".
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Celeste & Jesse . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2013 (PDF; test number: 136 698 K).
- ↑ Independent Spirit Awards 2013: Winners List on hollywoodreporter.com, accessed March 20, 2017.
- ↑ Relationship status : It's complicated. In: spiegel.de. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
- ↑ Celeste & Jesse. In: kino.de. Retrieved November 30, 2013.