TY - ADVS AU - Gerardo Vera AU - Gerardo Vera AU - Rafael Azcona AU - Fernando de Rojas AU - Penélope Cruz AU - Terele Pávez AU - Juan Diego Botto TI - La celestina AV - PN1997 .C454 1996 PY - 1997/// CY - Spain PB - Lolafilms, Canal+ España, Sociedad General de Televisión (Sogetel) N1 - Based on the 16th century novel "Celestina" by Fernando de Rojas N2 - From case cover: Calisto is a young knight who has fallen madly in love with a beautiful maiden, Melibea. Failing in his endeavors to win her over, Calisto is prompted by his unscrupulous servant, Sempronio to seek the help of Celestina. Calisto's other servant Parmeno, tries to dissuade his master from resorting to the old witch who Parmeno knows all about from past experience. But Calisto see Celestina as his last hope for love and happiness and so pays her to work her magic on Melibea, which she duly does. The young Knight and the beautiful maiden are soon happy lovers, but not for long. From IMDb: The young nobleman Calisto falls in love with Melibea, the daughter of a rich merchant. Calisto's servant Sempronio suggests they get the sorceress Celestina to further the romance. However Calisto's other servant Parmeno is suspicious of Celestina, as he knows about her tricks. After Celestina convinces Melibea of Calisto's love and arranges a brief clandestine meeting between them, Calisto gives Celestina a valuable chain of gold. Both servants are not satisfied with the whores supplied by Celestina and demand more from her, thus setting off a dramatic sequence of events ER -