Vox Lux
Celeste was born in 1986 in America. Celeste was a result of teenage pregnancy, and her parents came from a very poor social economic status. Celeste was not a gifted kid by any stretch of imagination…
Vox Lux
Celeste was born in 1986 in America. Celeste was a result of teenage pregnancy, and her parents came from a very poor social economic status. Celeste was not a gifted kid by any stretch of imagination. But Celeste was kind and full of grace and she wrote her own lyrics. ACT 1: Genesis In January 2000, a boy named Cullen Active (Logan Riley Bruner) walks into his school in the Staten Island neighborhood of New Brighton, goes to a classroom, and shoots the teacher. All the students in the class panic and automatically congregate near the far corner of the class, near the windows. A student, 13-year-old Celeste Montgomery (Natalie Portman), does not move from her desk and asks Cullen if the teacher is still breathing. Cullen asks Celeste to move with the other kids, and when she doesn't listen, he starts firing his machine gun indiscriminately at the roof of the class. Celeste convinces Cullen to let everybody leave and offers to stay with him. Celeste calmly and compassionately talks to Cullen and offers to pray with him. However, he shoots her in the neck and goes on to shoot other students. Celeste is later seen in one of only three ambulances carrying survivors from the scene. Celeste undergoes a long period of physiotherapy to recover from her injuries, including learning to walk all over again, as she had a spinal injury. It is found that Cullen killed his grandparents 3 weeks before Christmas and lived with their bodies over the holiday period. As she slowly recovers from her injury, Celeste and her older sister, Eleanor / Ellie (Stacy Martin), write music together. Since Celeste cannot tilt her head down, she cannot play the guitar and instead uses the electric keyboard to create her music with Ellie. Soon after, at an event held in memory of the shooting victims, Celeste sings a song that she and Ellie wrote called "Wrapped Up". The song becomes an instant hit, and Celeste is soon picked up by a manager (Jude Law). By April 2000, Celeste is recording an EP in New York City. EP or Extended Play is a release that contains more tracks than a single but less than a full album. EPs are often used as a way for artists to showcase a new sound, experiment with different genres, or build anticipation for a full album. Josie (Jennifer Ehle) is the publicist. Celeste works very hard with her manager to get her EP exactly right. Celeste is driven and motivated and demonstrates that she is willing to do whatever it takes to reach the top. Josie sets Celste up with a choreographer for a few upcoming public shows. Celeste has training in ballet but needs to be careful now after her spinal injury. Josie is honest with Celeste that success is not guaranteed, but Celeste is quite composed about it. The manager doesn't like Josie, but Celeste is very comfortable with her and Josie stays. Over the next two years, Celeste manages and navigates the increasing pressures of her newfound fame in spite of the past and her injury. They test their songs in the US and then head to Stockholm to record their first album. Celeste and Ellie get to spend a lot of time together. Stockholm had an industry cluster, an agglomeration of talent, business infrastructure, and competing firms all swirling around for the next big voice. The music industry in Stockholm was started by the Church in the 1940s, to stop the influence of degenerating US music flooding the society. Celeste and Eleanor indulge in bouts of partying that soon get in the way of Celeste's work, including Celeste being subject to sexual misconduct by an older musician and Eleanor having sex with Celeste's manager the night before the September 11 attacks. Celeste views this as a betrayal and from this point on leads to a divergence between the sisters. However, we see that Celeste continues to successfully rise in the music industry, with her songs getting quickly picked up by the radio and rushing the demand for her first music video, "Hologram (Smoke and Mirrors)". ACT 2: Re-genesis In 2017, a terrorist shooting on a beach in Croatia is rumored to be linked to Celeste's music due to the masks that the criminals donned, which are similar to the masks from Celeste's 2001 "Hologram" video. Celeste is now 31 years old and preparing for the first night of a concert tour for her sixth album, Vox Lux. Her manager informs her of the terrorist shooting and then tells her to prepare for the ensuing press junkets. Before her first interview, Celeste takes her teenage daughter, Albertine (Raffey Cassidy) (conceived from the encounter with the musician), to lunch. Once there, Celeste unveils her erratic and destructive behavior, aided by alcohol, resulting in Celeste and Albertine getting kicked out of the restaurant by the manager. It is revealed here that 6 years prior, Celeste blinded herself in her left eye due to consuming excessive amounts of methanol while binge-drinking household cleaning products. Celeste then drove under the influence, injuring a man in his left leg and pelvis and resulting in a public lawsuit. After lunch, Celeste has a heated argument with Ellie after finding out Albertine has recently lost her virginity. Ellie has been the one raising Albertine since her birth. The press interviews begin soon after, with Celeste becoming increasingly unhinged after one interviewer mentions the aforementioned driving incident. Her publicist decides to cancel the rest of the interviews scheduled that day and asks Celeste to rest before the concert. However, Celeste and her manager get high on drugs and have sex. That evening, an impaired Celeste heads for the concert venue with her entourage in tow. She then experiences a mental breakdown, with Ellie successfully comforting her before sending her out. FINALE Celeste appears ready for the concert and preps for the stage with her band and background dancers. She then performs multiple songs with elaborate dance numbers involved. It is revealed that after she was shot, Celeste told Ellie that she made a deal with the devil for her life. The movie ends with her manager, Albertine, and Ellie pensively looking on at the facade of a performing Celeste.
Vox Lux
Drama,Music
Film Details
Celeste was born in 1986 in America. Celeste was a result of teenage pregnancy, and her parents came from a very poor social economic status. Celeste was not a gifted kid by any stretch of imagination.
But Celeste was kind and full of grace and she wrote her own lyrics. ACT 1: Genesis In January 2000, a boy named Cullen Active (Logan Riley Bruner) walks into his school in the Staten Island neighborhood of New Brighton, goes to a classroom, and shoots the teacher. All the students in the class panic and automatically congregate near the far corner of the class, near the windows.
A student, 13-year-old Celeste Montgomery (Natalie Portman), does not move from her desk and asks Cullen if the teacher is still breathing. Cullen asks Celeste to move with the other kids, and when she doesn't listen, he starts firing his machine gun indiscriminately at the roof of the class. Celeste convinces Cullen to let everybody leave and offers to stay with him.
Celeste calmly and compassionately talks to Cullen and offers to pray with him. However, he shoots her in the neck and goes on to shoot other students. Celeste is later seen in one of only three ambulances carrying survivors from the scene.
Celeste undergoes a long period of physiotherapy to recover from her injuries, including learning to walk all over again, as she had a spinal injury. It is found that Cullen killed his grandparents 3 weeks before Christmas and lived with their bodies over the holiday period. As she slowly recovers from her injury, Celeste and her older sister, Eleanor / Ellie (Stacy Martin), write music together.
Since Celeste cannot tilt her head down, she cannot play the guitar and instead uses the electric keyboard to create her music with Ellie. Soon after, at an event held in memory of the shooting victims, Celeste sings a song that she and Ellie wrote called "Wrapped Up". The song becomes an instant hit, and Celeste is soon picked up by a manager (Jude Law).
By April 2000, Celeste is recording an EP in New York City. EP or Extended Play is a release that contains more tracks than a single but less than a full album. EPs are often used as a way for artists to showcase a new sound, experiment with different genres, or build anticipation for a full album.
Josie (Jennifer Ehle) is the publicist. Celeste works very hard with her manager to get her EP exactly right. Celeste is driven and motivated and demonstrates that she is willing to do whatever it takes to reach the top.
Josie sets Celste up with a choreographer for a few upcoming public shows. Celeste has training in ballet but needs to be careful now after her spinal injury. Josie is honest with Celeste that success is not guaranteed, but Celeste is quite composed about it.
The manager doesn't like Josie, but Celeste is very comfortable with her and Josie stays. Over the next two years, Celeste manages and navigates the increasing pressures of her newfound fame in spite of the past and her injury. They test their songs in the US and then head to Stockholm to record their first album.
Celeste and Ellie get to spend a lot of time together. Stockholm had an industry cluster, an agglomeration of talent, business infrastructure, and competing firms all swirling around for the next big voice. The music industry in Stockholm was started by the Church in the 1940s, to stop the influence of degenerating US music flooding the society.
Celeste and Eleanor indulge in bouts of partying that soon get in the way of Celeste's work, including Celeste being subject to sexual misconduct by an older musician and Eleanor having sex with Celeste's manager the night before the September 11 attacks. Celeste views this as a betrayal and from this point on leads to a divergence between the sisters. However, we see that Celeste continues to successfully rise in the music industry, with her songs getting quickly picked up by the radio and rushing the demand for her first music video, "Hologram (Smoke and Mirrors)".
ACT 2: Re-genesis In 2017, a terrorist shooting on a beach in Croatia is rumored to be linked to Celeste's music due to the masks that the criminals donned, which are similar to the masks from Celeste's 2001 "Hologram" video. Celeste is now 31 years old and preparing for the first night of a concert tour for her sixth album, Vox Lux. Her manager informs her of the terrorist shooting and then tells her to prepare for the ensuing press junkets.
Before her first interview, Celeste takes her teenage daughter, Albertine (Raffey Cassidy) (conceived from the encounter with the musician), to lunch. Once there, Celeste unveils her erratic and destructive behavior, aided by alcohol, resulting in Celeste and Albertine getting kicked out of the restaurant by the manager. It is revealed here that 6 years prior, Celeste blinded herself in her left eye due to consuming excessive amounts of methanol while binge-drinking household cleaning products.
Celeste then drove under the influence, injuring a man in his left leg and pelvis and resulting in a public lawsuit. After lunch, Celeste has a heated argument with Ellie after finding out Albertine has recently lost her virginity. Ellie has been the one raising Albertine since her birth.
The press interviews begin soon after, with Celeste becoming increasingly unhinged after one interviewer mentions the aforementioned driving incident. Her publicist decides to cancel the rest of the interviews scheduled that day and asks Celeste to rest before the concert. However, Celeste and her manager get high on drugs and have sex.
That evening, an impaired Celeste heads for the concert venue with her entourage in tow. She then experiences a mental breakdown, with Ellie successfully comforting her before sending her out. FINALE Celeste appears ready for the concert and preps for the stage with her band and background dancers.
She then performs multiple songs with elaborate dance numbers involved. It is revealed that after she was shot, Celeste told Ellie that she made a deal with the devil for her life. The movie ends with her manager, Albertine, and Ellie pensively looking on at the facade of a performing Celeste..