Celeste: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Celeste is a poor girl living with her mother Lucia. Lucia has cancer, and although she tries to hide it from Celeste, Celeste discovers it. Celeste works in a plant nursery, and one day, while transferring plants, she meets Franco, whose car is stuck and he needs help. She helps him and he invites her to coffee. As they talk Franco tells Celeste the legend about the sun and moon (In Spanish Sol y Luna): St. Franciscus once gave all he had to 'Brothers sun and Sisters moon'; he thought that names have no importance and therefore he called the men Sol and the women Luna. After telling her the legend, Franco asks her name and she answers: Luna. Without knowing each other's true names, they set to meet in the same place the next day. Meanwhile, Lucia gets worse and is dying. Franco and Celeste continue to meet and they plant a tree together. They swear that as long as it lives, they will love each other. They set to meet the next day and tell their real names. That same night, Lucia dies...

Series details

• Title: Celeste
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Spanish
• Genres: Drama, Family, Romance
• Premiere date: 1991-03-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 1991-11-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: El Trece
• Network country: Argentina
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 23118
• IMDb ID: tt0199197

Cast and credited roles

• Andrea del Boca — Celeste Ferrero Verardi de Rosetti
• Dora Baret — Teresa Visconti de Ferrero
• Germán Palacios — Enzo Rosetti Visconti
• Gustavo Bermúdez — Franco Rosetti Visconti
• Roberto Antier — Daniel
• Patricia Castell — Célica Castellini
• Viviana Saccone — Rita Ferrero Visconti

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1991-03-11; final listed air date 1991-11-05; episode order: 172.

Source and licence

Adapted from Celeste on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.