Cinema Cellar

Orpheus Blu-Ray

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Collection: Criterion Collection
Format: Blu-ray
Year: 1950
Director: Jean Cocteau
Genre: Drama
Cast: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa, Henri Crémieux, Juliette Gréco, Roger Blin, Edouard Dermithe, Pierre Bertin, Jacques Varennes, Jean-Pierre Melville
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Language: French
Release Date: 2011-08-30
Description
Jean Cocteau’s update of the Orpheus myth depicts a famous poet (Jean Marais), scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife, Eurydice (Marie Déa), and a mysterious princess (Maria Casarès). 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’s peerless visual poetry and dreamlike storytelling represent the legendary Cocteau at the height of his powers.