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Original title: Orphée
Running Time
1 hour, 52 minutes
Country France
Production Companies
Andre Paulve Film, Films du Palais Royal
Studio Discina International Films
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• Orpheus
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Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Drama, Suspense, Surreal, Fantasy, Ghosts
Plot: Cocteau's luminous adaptation of the famous Greek myth, set in post-occupation Paris, remains one of the most stunning achievements of the auteur's career. Orpheus, now transformed from a musician into a poet, has achieved fame and wealth; still, he wants something more. When he witnesses a "biker gang," led by a mysterious dark-haired woman, run over and kill his wife while speeding down the Paris streets, he follows them in hopes of retrieving her--and enters the underworld through mirrors that turn liquid at his touch. But it's more than just his Eurydice that he hopes to find there, as is revealed when he becomes enmeshed in an otherworldly love triangle. A mysterious and stylish film, with elusive and varied meanings, and a flair for the poetic surrealism.
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| Directed by |
Jean Cocteau
Aigle à deux têtes, L', Beauty and the Beast, Sang d'un poète, Le |
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Jean Cocteau
Éternel retour, L', Mistero di Oberwald, Il, Parents terribles, Les |
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| Cast |
Jean Marais
Stealing Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Misérables, Les | | María Casares
Children of Paradise, Testament d'Orphée, ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi!, Le, The Reader | Marie Déa
Visiteurs du soir, Les, Armaguedon, Man in a Hurry | Henri Crémieux
Demoiselles de Rochefort, Les, Peau d'âne, Testament d'Orphée, ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi!, Le | Juliette Gréco
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre, The Night of the Generals, The Sun Also Rises | Roger Blin
Corbeau, Le, Roi et l'oiseau, Le, Important c'est d'aimer, L' | |
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Georges Auric
Roman Holiday, Beauty and the Beast, The Wages of Fear |
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