La Villa Santo-Sospir (1952)

• 65%
• 1952
• Dokumentarfilm

A 35-minute-color-film by Cocteau, entitled "Die Villa Santo Sospir." Shot in 1952, this is an "amateur-film" done-in-16mm, a sort of-home-movie in which Cocteau takes the viewer on a tour of a friend ' s villa on the French coast (a major location used in Testament of Orpheus). 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 as well. Most cover der mythologischen themes, of course. He also proudly shows paintings by Edouard Dermithe and Jean Marais and plays around his own home in Villefranche. This informal little project once again shows the joy Cocteau takes in creating art, in addition to showing a side of his work (his paintings and drawings) that his films often overshadow.