Jean Cocteau, Edouard Dermit during filming of "Le Testament d’Orphée", film of Jean Cocteau. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1959. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Jean Cocteau, Edouard Dermit during filming of "Le Testament d’Orphée", film of Jean Cocteau. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1959.

In Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat in 1959, Jean Cocteau holds a human skull and a flower during the filming of his movie *Le Testament d’Orphée*. With a pensive expression, he faces Edouard Dermit, who is seen in profile looking on intently. The scene is set on a patio before a vine-covered trellis and a prominent arched mosaic of a stylized face, split vertically into black and white sections.


Keywords:

AtWork, FilmSet, Masks

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