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Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer and filmmaker (1889–1963)
July 5, 1889 (October 11, 1963)
Fr. 2003. Mores drama by Josée Dayan with Cyrille Thouvenin, Nicole Garcia, Jeanne Moreau. A young man living in harmony with his parents and an aunt causes a stir when he falls in love with his father's mistress.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Mystery of Oberwald

V.O.: Il Mistero di Oberwald
Runtime: 129 min.
Fr. 1964. Psychological drama by Georges Franju with Fabrice Rouleau, Emmanuelle Riva, Jean Servais. During the 1914-1918 war, a young man pretends to be the nephew of a famous general.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1960. Sentimental drama by Jean Delannoy with Marina Vlady, Jean-François Poron, Jean Marais. Troubled by her attraction to a duke, a virtuous princess asks her husband to keep her away from the court.
Runtime: 101 min.

Testament of Orpheus

V.O.: Le Testament d'Orphée
Fr. 1959. Poetic drama by Jean Cocteau with Jean Cocteau, Édouard Dermithe, Maria Casarès. A poet evokes the myths through which he portrayed himself.
Runtime: 80 min.

La Couronne noire

V.O.: La Corona Negra
Esp. 1952. Drama by Luis Saslavsky with Maria Felix, Rossano Brazzi, Vittorio Gassman. An amnesiac woman is taken in by an engineer.
Runtime: 106 min.

The Strange Ones

V.O.: Les Enfants terribles
Fr. 1950. Psychological drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Nicole Stephane, Édouard Dermithe, Renée Cosima. Throughout her life, a girl feels an exclusive passion for her brother that pushes her to meddle in his love affairs.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1950. Montage by Denise Tual, Roland Tual with Renaud Mary, Alain Quercy, Marie Daems. Retrospective of the first half of the 20th century and the main events that marked history with the help of newsreels.
Runtime: 100 min.

Orpheus

V.O.: Orphée
Fr. 1949. Poetic drama by Jean Cocteau with Jean Marais, Maria Casarès, François Périer. A poet has an amazing adventure after being carried into the afterlife by Death.
Runtime: 95 min.

Daughter of the Sands

V.O.: Les Noces de sable
Fr. 1949. Tale by André Zwobada with Denise Cardi, Bent Larsen, Larbi Tounsi. In the desert, a young prince falls in love with a Western teenager, taken in by humble camel drivers after a sandstorm.
Runtime: 61 min.
Fr. 1948. Drama by Pierre Billon with Jean Marais, Danielle Darrieux, Marcel Herrand. A student falls in love with the Queen of Spain, whom he was tasked with compromising.
Runtime: 93 min.

The Terrible Parents

V.O.: Les Parents terribles
Fr. 1948. Mores drama by Jean Cocteau with Jean Marais, Yvonne de Bray, Gabrielle Dorziat. A young man falls in love with his father's mistress and wants to marry her.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Eagle With Two Heads

V.O.: L'Aigle à deux têtes
Fr. 1948. Psychological drama by Jean Cocteau with Edwige Feuillère, Jean Marais, Jean Debucourt. An anarchist who arrives to kill a queen becomes her lover.
Runtime: 93 min.

Beauty and the Beast

V.O.: La Belle et la Bête
Fr. 1946. Fantasy by Jean Cocteau with Jean Marais, Josette Day, Marcel André. A young girl feels pity, then love, for a monster who turns into a charming prince.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1943. Poetic drama by Jean Delannoy with Jean Marais, Madeleine Sologne, Jean Murat. The odds are against a young couple that a love potion has bound together forever.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1943. Poetic drama by Serge de Poligny with Odette Joyeux, Alain Cuny, Jany Holt. Ten years after the disappearance of an old baron, members of his family discover his corpse and his will.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1942. Comedy by Marcel L'Herbier with Michel Simon, Ramon Novarro, Jacqueline Delubac. A man escapes from an asylum and tries to make his fellow man happy.
Runtime: 89 min.

Blood of a Poet

V.O.: Le Sang d'un poète
Fr. 1930. Poetic drama by Jean Cocteau with Enrique Rivero, Lee Miller, Pauline Carton.
Runtime: 52 min.

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