Orpheus (Orphee)
(1949) [PG]

Cocteau's retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus - the musician whose virtuoso gifts charmed all who heard his music; animals and gods - is among the most breathtaking films ever made. Translated to Paris' Left Bank in the 1950s, Jean Marais' Orpheus is now a renowned poet. To retrieve his dead...  More

Beauty & The Beast (La Belle Et La Bete)
(1946) [PG]

Jean Cocteau's interpretation of the classic fairy tale story of the beautiful young girl who sees the true loneliness of the disfigured beast is much more than a children's story. Illustrating the tale with live-action and fantastic prosthetics for Jean Marais as the Beast, Cocteau's vision is...  More

Le Testament D'Orphee
(1960) [PG]

The third and concluding episode of surrealist Jean Cocteau's renowned Orphic trilogy is a panegyric to life as an artist. Returning to the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Cocteau looks back over his career as a poet, painter, playwright, novelist, designer and filmmaker, and at the...  More

L'Eternal Retour (Love Eternal)
(1943) [PG]

A man finds a wife for his uncle, but ends up falling in love with her himself when he drinks a love potion. Though it's directed by Jean Delannoy, the script was written by Jean Cocteau, the man responsible for LA BELLE ET LA BETE, and though it lacks the visual splendor of that classic, it...  More

Donkey Skin
(1970) [G]

Based on a story by Charles Perrault, DONKEY SKIN takes place in an amorphous medieval kingdom of a king (Jean Marais), his queen, and their beautiful daughter, the princess (Catherine Deneuve). When the queen dies, the king takes an oath that he will only marry a woman more beautiful than she....  More