Film195095 min

Orpheus

Name: Orpheus
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Released: 1950
Duration: 95 min
Cast: Jean Marais, María Casares, François Périer, Marie Déa, Juliette Gréco

Taste attributes: dramafantasyromancemyth/fairytalefresh & originalwholesomeimaginaryintricatelinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshiplove conquers allsocial commentary

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Boxlist takeAn otherworldly romantic drama that is stylish and layered. Best if you like polish over grit.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

7.7 /10

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Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

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Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

At the Café des Poètes in Paris, a fight breaks out between the poet Orphée and a group of resentful upstarts. A rival poet, Cègeste, is killed, and a mysterious princess insists on taking Orpheus and the body away in her Rolls-Royce. Orphée soon finds himself in the underworld, where the Princess announces that she is, in fact, Death. Orpheus escapes in the car back to the land of the living, only to become obsessed with the car radio. This film is the central part of Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy, which consists of The Blood of a Poet (1930), Orpheus (1950) and Testament of Orpheus (1960).

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