Le Testament d’Orphée (Cocteau collaboration)

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French film avant-garde film film

Le Testament d’Orphée is a 1960 avant-garde film by Jean Cocteau, featuring Jean Marais, that serves as Cocteau’s poetic, self-reflexive cinematic farewell.

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Label	Occurrences
Le Testament d’Orphée (Cocteau collaboration) canonical	1
Le Testament d’Orphée (film)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French film ⓘ avant-garde film ⓘ film ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Le Testament d’Orphée ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi NERFINISHED ⓘ
blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Roland Pontoizeau NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
depicts	myth of Orpheus ⓘ
director	Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France NERFINISHED ⓘ
editingBy	Jacques Desagneaux NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresActor	Charles Aznavour NERFINISHED ⓘ François Périer NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Marais NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Pierre Léaud NERFINISHED ⓘ Maria Casarès NERFINISHED ⓘ Pablo Picasso NERFINISHED ⓘ Yul Brynner NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation	Les Baux-de-Provence NERFINISHED ⓘ Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Orphée NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	avant-garde ⓘ experimental film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ
hasArtisticMovement	French avant-garde cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	key work in Cocteau’s cinematic oeuvre ⓘ late work of Jean Cocteau ⓘ
hasNarrativeDevice	breaking the fourth wall ⓘ director appearing as himself ⓘ
hasTheme	art and mortality ⓘ poetic autobiography ⓘ self-reflexivity ⓘ the role of the artist ⓘ
musicBy	Georges Auric NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being Jean Cocteau’s cinematic farewell ⓘ poetic, self-reflexive style ⓘ
originalLanguage	French ⓘ
partOf	Jean Cocteau’s Orphic Trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Films de la Pléiade NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDateFrance	1960-05-05 ⓘ
releaseYear	1960 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes	80 ⓘ
screenplayType	surrealist ⓘ
setInPeriod	contemporary 20th century France ⓘ
stars	Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED ⓘ
writer	Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Jean Marais → notableWork → Le Testament d’Orphée (Cocteau collaboration) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Le Testament d’Orphée (film)