
Jean Cocteau, Edouard Dermit, Francine Weisweiller during filming of "Le Testament d’Orphée", film of Jean Cocteau. Alberto Magnelli, Susi Magnelli, Michele Sapone, Pablo Picasso, Renato Guttuso. During film Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1959.
A surreal scene unfolds during the 1959 filming of Jean Cocteau’s “Le Testament d’Orphée” at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Actors Francine Weisweiller and Edouard Dermit appear in period costume, sharing the frame with figures in decorative briefs and a tall, polka-dotted conical hood. Observing the production from an ivy-covered balcony are Pablo Picasso, Alberto and Susi Magnelli, Michele Sapone, and Renato Guttuso, while a crew member in the foreground prepares a film slate.
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