Jean Cocteau - Orphée (1949) + Le Testament d'Orphée (1960)

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Jean Cocteau - Le testament d'Orphée(1960)
aka: "Testament of Orpheus" - El testamento de Orfeo"
DVDRIP | 80 min | MKV-x264 656x480 | 24 fps | AC3 192 kb/s | 980 MB
Language: French | Subtitles: English - Spanish - Portuguese .srt
Genre: Biography | Fantasy | Drama | Romance

Cinematic poet Jean Cocteau explored the myth of Orpheus on no fewer than three occasions: "Le Sang d'un poète" (Blood of a Poet, 1930), "Orphée" (Orpheus, 1949) and "Le Testament d'Orphée" (1960).
ORPHÉE: This second of his "Orpheus" trilogy stars Jean Marais in the title role. Updated to contemporary Paris (albeit a Paris never seen before or since), the story concerns a sensitive young poet named Orpheus, who is married to the lovely Eurydice. Another young poet, Cegeste, is killed in a traffic accident. In the hospital morgue, Cegeste's patroness, The Princess of Death revives the young man; then, both Cegeste and Princess pass into the Underworld. Back on earth, Orpheus receives cryptic messages from Cegeste's spirit, as well as nocturnal visitations from the Princess. Meanwhile, Orpheus' wife enters into an affair with Heurtebise. After seeking advice on her mixed-up love life, Eurydice is herself struck down and killed by the same cyclist who snuffed out Cegeste's life. It appears to Heurtebise that the ghostly Princess has claimed Eurydice so that she, the Princess, can be free to love Orpheus. Heurtebise persuades Orpheus to accompany him into the Underworld in hopes of returning Eurydice to life…
LE TESTAMENT D'ORPHÉE: In his final film, Jean Cocteau brilliantly evokes memories of his past triumphs, "Le Sang d'un poète" (1930) and "Orphée" (1949). Cocteau casts himself as an aging poet who knows he is dying (as indeed he was); his greatest desire is to be reborn so that he can qualify for celestial immortality. The stellar cast includes such French film favorites as Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean Marais, and François Périer, along with Hollywood's Yul Brynner and such Cocteau friends and admirers as Pablo Picasso, singer Charles Aznavour, and bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguen. Given the influence Cocteau's influence over the French New Wave directors of the 1950s and 1960s, it is altogether appropriate that the producer of Testament of Orpheus was François Truffaut.

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