Orphée
(1950)
Director:
Jean Cocteau
Writer:
Jean Cocteau
Cast:
Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares
A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.