Title: Orphée
Description: A 1950 update of the Orphic myth by Jean Cocteau that depicts a famous poet scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead through Cocteau's famous mirrored portal. Orpheus represents the legendary Cocteau at the height of his abilities for peerless visual poetry and dreamlike storytelling.
Subjects: Drama, Surrealism in motion pictures, French Poets, Interviews, Criticism and interpretation, Art in motion pictures
People: Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), Orpheus (Greek mythological character)