La Villa Santo-Sospir

La Villa Santo Sospir
Directed by	Jean Cocteau
Release dates	1952
Running time	35 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

La Villa Santo Sospir (1952) is a 35-minute amateur or home film directed by Jean Cocteau in which Cocteau takes the viewer on a tour of Francine Weisweiller's villa on the French coast, a major location later used in his film Testament of Orpheus (1960).

The house itself is heavily decorated, mostly by Cocteau (and a bit by Picasso), and we are given an extensive tour of the artwork. Cocteau also shows us several dozen paintings, most of which cover mythological themes. He also proudly shows paintings by Edouard Dermithe and Jean Marais and plays around his own home in Villefranche.

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Jean Cocteau

Bibliography

Literature	Antigone Les Enfants Terribles The Human Voice Opium: Diary of a Cure The Infernal Machine Les Parents terribles L'Aigle à deux têtes

Films directed	The Blood of a Poet Beauty and the Beast L'Aigle à deux têtes Les Parents terribles Orpheus La Villa Santo-Sospir 8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements Testament of Orpheus

Films written	The Phantom Baron L'Éternel retour Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne Les Enfants Terribles The Black Crown La Princesse de Clèves Thomas the Impostor

Librettos	Parade Les mariés de la tour Eiffel Oedipus rex Le jeune homme et la mort

Related topics	Bastion Museum Jean Cocteau Museum The Orphic Trilogy

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