Jean Cocteau, Edouard Dermit during filming of "Le Testament d’Orphée", film of Jean Cocteau. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1959.
During the filming of his "Le Testament d’Orphée" in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, 1959, director Jean Cocteau holds a human skull and a flower. He presents the skull to a focused Edouard Dermit in a staged, contemplative moment. The scene is framed by a diamond-patterned trellis and a large, arched mosaic of a stylized face, split vertically into black and white halves.
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