Testament of Orpheus // dir. Jean Cocteau
“It is the unique power of cinema to allow a great many people to dream the same dream together and to present illusions to us as if it were strict reality. It is, in short, an admirable vehicle for poetry. My film is nothing other than a striptease act, gradually peeling away my body to reveal my naked soul.”
Jean Cocteau (July 5, 1889 –- October 11, 1963)
Jean Cocteau, François Truffaut, and Claude Chabrol at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Madeleine and François Truffaut, and Jean Cocteau at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. Truffaut won Best Director honors for The 400 Blows.
“Everyone adored Cocteau. I knew right away that he was to be the love of my life.”
- Jean Marais
Jean Cocteau and Jean Marais on the set of Beauty and the Beast.
