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, 1959, Jean Cocteau presses his lips to a human skull while holding a single dark flower. His adopted son, Edouard "Doudou" Dermit, observes with a serious, focused expression. The theatrical scene is set before a wooden trellis and a striking mosaic of a face, vertically split into black and white halves, which enhances the composition's surreal quality.
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