Orpheus

Orpheus

1950 · 95 min · FR · NR · 7.6 (223 votes)
Dir. Jean Cocteau · Starring Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa, Henri Crémieux, Juliette Gréco · Music Georges Auric · The Orphic Trilogy
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A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.

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A deeply melancholic and dreamlike immersion into the artistic soul of Paris. It's a surreal, romantic journey through love and loss, where the mundane and the mythical intertwine with haunting beauty.

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