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 Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ORP1 available in Staff Picks, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ORP
Visconti, Luchino
Summary: Distraught over the fact that her lover has failed to meet her on a canal bridge, Natalia encounters Mario, who agrees to assist her in finding the man, with the objective of wooing her himself.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN NOTSummary: A nineteen year old girl spends the summer in Italy, determined to fulfill two dreams. The first, to consummate the romance with the Italian boy she fell in love with four years earlier, and the second, to discover the identity of her father through clues in her mother's diary.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA STEContents: Marche pour la cGerGemonie des Turcs / J.-B. Lully (2:14) -- Improvisation sur les Folies d'Espagne : extraits / M. Marais (1:06) -- PrGelude pour Mr Vauquelin / J. Savall (1:45) -- Gavotte du tendre / Sainte Colombe (1:25) -- Une jeune fillette : mGelodie populaire / arrangement, J. Savall (1:58) -- Les pleurs : version viole seule de J. Savall / Sainte Colombe (4:11) -- Concert a deux violes....
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Auvidis/Valois 1991