when eurydice the wife of greek god orpheus is killed by a snakebite orpheus falls into despair but he devises a plan he ventures into the underworld to recover eurydice and using his incredible talent as a musician he convinces hades and persephone the gods of the underworld to agree to let her go back to the surface but they give him one condition until they are out of the underworld orpheus cannot turn to look back and see if eurydice is following him this video is sponsored by mubi sign up for your extended free trial today we tend not to think of it that often but a film starts telling us its story long before it even begins elements of a film like its genre the trailer poster design and even casting set the stage for what we'll be watching and give us a sense of what the story will be so when you see that nicholas cage is starring in a film called pig and that this is the poster most likely you already have a strong impression of what that film will be about
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