Cocteau, Jean

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tauris Parke Paperbacks 2000

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Cocteau, Jean

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2004

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Summary: A 1950 update of the Orphic myth by Jean Cocteau that depicts a famous poet scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. 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 represents the legendary Cocteau at the height of his abilities for...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011

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1 available in Staff Picks, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ORP

Summary: On the day of a huge rally celebrating Hitler's visit to Rome, which underscored the infamous alliance between the Nazis and Mussolini's fascist regime, a brief encounter between a weary housewife and a radio announcer unfolds into an intimate drama.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Summary: Realizing that her lover Jean is losing interest in her, a society lady Helene gets revenge by tricking him into marrying a former prostitute Agnes. After the wedding Helene tells a stunned Jean about his wife's secret past.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2003

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Summary: The classic children's fairy tale transformed into a magical, mysterious adult romance.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sociť ňouvelle de cinm̌atographie 2008

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BEA