FRANCE · 1950
Orpheus
artistic obsession
love and desire
mortality and the afterlife
postwar disillusionment
fidelity and betrayal
Synopsis
A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.
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