Orpheus

Cocteau’s gift for mixing real and imaginary worlds finds its richest expression in this daring update of the Orpheus myth. Jean Marais’ Orphée is a handsome and successful poet whose milieu is the café life of post-war Saint Germain-des-Prés. But his quest for inspiration takes him on a perilous journey into the land of the dead, with the risk of losing all he holds dear.

See also Jean Cocteau Retrospective