Cocteau continues his fascination with fairy tales, but only this time bringing the story into the modern world. As usual there are brilliantly strange ideas at play, and he makes the best of the minimal effects available to create his world of the physical and fantasy believable.
This review of Orpheus (1950) was written by J C on 02 Jan 2008.
Orpheus has generally received very positive reviews.
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