Search results for "Jean Cocteau"
America as Seen by a Frenchman

America as Seen by a Frenchman

America as Seen by a Frenchman
IMDb: 7
90

This documentary is a general, unquestioning travelog of the United States through the eyes of French director and co-cameraman Francois Reichenbach, a director often fascinated with life in the home…

Genre: Documentary
A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera
IMDb: 6.5
19

A documentary view of the galas of Paris’s Palais Garnier in the 1950s and ’60s.

La Villa Santo-Sospir

La Villa Santo-Sospir

La Villa Santo-Sospir
IMDb: 6.4
36

Cocteau takes the viewer on a tour of a friend’s villa on the French coast (a major location used in Testament of Orpheus). The house itself is heavily decorated, mostly…

Genre: Documentary
Testament of Orpheus

Testament of Orpheus

Testament of Orpheus
IMDb: 7.2
80

Outside time and reality, the experiences of a poet. The judgement of the young poet by Heurtebise and the Princess, the Gypsies, the palace of Pallas Athena, the spear of…

Genre: Drama, Fantasy
The Storm Within

The Storm Within

The Storm Within
IMDb: 6.9
105

Young Michel is in love with the attractive Madeleine, so he decides to tell his parents of his intention to marry her. He thinks his announcement is innocent enough; his…

Genre: Drama
The Blood of a Poet

The Blood of a Poet

The Blood of a Poet
IMDb: 7.3
51

Told in four episodes, an unnamed artist is transported through a mirror into another dimension, where he travels through various bizarre scenarios. This film is the first part of Cocteau’s…

Genre: Fantasy
Venom and Eternity

Venom and Eternity

Venom and Eternity
IMDb: 6.7
123

In this experimental film, Isidore Isou, the leader of the lettrist movement, lashes out at conventional cinema and offers a revolutionary form of movie-making: through scratching and bleaching the film,…

Genre: Drama