Orpheus

Year: 1950

Runtime: 95 mins

Language: French

FantasyRomanceHumanity and the world around usSurreal and thought-provoking visions of life and deathDreamlike quirky and surreal storytelling

In post‑war Paris a celebrated poet, derided by the Left‑Bank bohemians, is torn between his wife Eurydice and an enigmatic princess. In his quest for artistic inspiration he becomes increasingly obsessed, ultimately pursuing the princess beyond the realm of the living into the land of the dead.

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