Director: Jean Cocteau
Location & Date: France 1950
Runtime: 112 mins
Rating: PG
Set in rural post-war France, Orphée follows a successful yet disillusioned poet who falls under the spell of Death, portrayed as a mysterious dark Princess. When she causes the death of his wife Eurydice, Orphée journeys through a mirror into the Underworld to bring her back. Blending magic and myth, the film uses striking special effects to evoke a haunting, dreamlike world.
