La Villa Santo-Sospir
La Villa Santo-Sospir

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La Villa Santo-Sospir

Criterion Channel
Criterion Channel
7.2(15 votes)
1952
0h 36m
Documentary
tattooed house

Overview

Cocteau takes the viewer on a tour of a friend's villa on the French coast (a major location used in Testament of Orpheus). The house itself is heavily decorated, mostly by Cocteau (and a bit by Picasso), and we are given an extensive tour of the artwork. Cocteau also shows us several dozen paintings as well. Most cover mythological themes, of course. He also proudly shows paintings by Edouard Dermithe and Jean Marais and plays around his own home in Villefranche.

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