Jean Cocteau and his adopted son Edouard "Doudou" Dermit during filming of "Le Testament d’Orphée". Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1959.

During the filming of "Le Testament d’Orphée" in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat in 1959, Jean Cocteau holds a human skull to his face, peering through its eye sockets. Facing him is his adopted son, Edouard "Doudou" Dermit, his back to the camera. The scene unfolds in a lush garden, set against a trellis-covered wall featuring a striking mosaic of a face, split vertically into black and white halves.

Keywords:

AtWork, FilmSet, Masks

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