Les Enfants terribles
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Les Enfants terribles is a 1929 novel by French writer Jean Cocteau that portrays the intense, destructive relationship between a brother and sister isolated in their own fantastical world.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Les Enfants terribles canonical | 3 |
| Les Parents terribles (Cocteau collaboration) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8107219 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Les Enfants terribles Context triple: [Jean Cocteau, notableWork, Les Enfants terribles]
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A.
La Fille mal gardée
La Fille mal gardée is a lighthearted, pastoral comic ballet—one of the oldest still regularly performed—celebrated for its charming love story, folk-inspired dances, and enduring place in the classical ballet repertoire.
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B.
The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows is François Truffaut’s landmark 1959 coming-of-age film that helped launch the French New Wave and is celebrated for its intimate, realistic portrayal of adolescent alienation.
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C.
Les Deux Orphelines
Les Deux Orphelines is a 19th-century French melodramatic play, best known as the source material for several film adaptations, including D.W. Griffith’s silent epic "Orphans of the Storm."
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D.
La Fille sur le pont
La Fille sur le pont is a 1999 French romantic drama film, directed by Patrice Leconte, about the intense, fateful relationship between a suicidal young woman and a melancholy knife-thrower.
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E.
La femme qui pleure
La femme qui pleure is a famous series of Cubist paintings by Pablo Picasso depicting a distraught, crying woman as a symbol of anguish and suffering.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Les Enfants terribles Target entity description: Les Enfants terribles is a 1929 novel by French writer Jean Cocteau that portrays the intense, destructive relationship between a brother and sister isolated in their own fantastical world.
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A.
La Fille mal gardée
La Fille mal gardée is a lighthearted, pastoral comic ballet—one of the oldest still regularly performed—celebrated for its charming love story, folk-inspired dances, and enduring place in the classical ballet repertoire.
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B.
The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows is François Truffaut’s landmark 1959 coming-of-age film that helped launch the French New Wave and is celebrated for its intimate, realistic portrayal of adolescent alienation.
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C.
Les Deux Orphelines
Les Deux Orphelines is a 19th-century French melodramatic play, best known as the source material for several film adaptations, including D.W. Griffith’s silent epic "Orphans of the Storm."
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D.
La Fille sur le pont
La Fille sur le pont is a 1999 French romantic drama film, directed by Patrice Leconte, about the intense, fateful relationship between a suicidal young woman and a melancholy knife-thrower.
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E.
La femme qui pleure
La femme qui pleure is a famous series of Cubist paintings by Pablo Picasso depicting a distraught, crying woman as a symbol of anguish and suffering.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Les Enfants terribles (1950 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Les Enfants terribles (opera) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Holy Terrors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Jean-Pierre Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationScreenwriter | Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
novel ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Elisabeth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | intense sibling relationship ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of realism and fantasy
ⓘ
portrayal of destructive sibling bond ⓘ |
| operaComposer | Philip Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operaPremiereYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Jean Cocteau bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| setting | Paris ⓘ |
| theme |
fantasy versus reality
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incestuous desire ⓘ isolation ⓘ obsession ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | interwar period ⓘ |
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Subject: Les Enfants terribles Description of subject: Les Enfants terribles is a 1929 novel by French writer Jean Cocteau that portrays the intense, destructive relationship between a brother and sister isolated in their own fantastical world.
Referenced by (4)
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