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.

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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
incestuous desire
isolation
obsession
self-destruction
timePeriodOfStory interwar period

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Jean-Pierre Melville directed Les Enfants terribles
Jean Cocteau notableWork Les Enfants terribles
Jean Marais notableWork Les Enfants terribles
this entity surface form: Les Parents terribles (Cocteau collaboration)
Jean-Pierre Melville notableWork Les Enfants terribles