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La Celestina: Directed by César Fernández Ardavín. With Julián Mateos, Elisa Ramírez, Amelia de la Torre, Gonzalo Cañas. In the last years of the Middle Ages, the Corpus Christi procession takes place in the Spanish city of Toledo.
The Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea (Spanish: Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea), known in Spain as La Celestina is a work entirely in dialogue published in 1499. It is attributed to Fernando de Rojas, a descendant of converted Jews, who practiced law and, later in life, served as an alderman of Talavera de la Reina, an important commercial center near Toledo.
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.
A short summary of Fernando de Rojas's La Celestina. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of La Celestina.
Calisto, the young and gallant man of noble blood, sets the plot in motion when he falls desperately in love with Melibea. His response to rejection is overly melodramatic and excessive and is used by the author to satirize the trope of medieval courtly love, which was becoming outmoded by the fifteenth century in favor of more earthly, humanized characters.
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