Photo of Jean Cocteau
Photo of Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

“Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail. ”

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    LES PARENTS TERRIBLES

    JEAN COCTEAU France, 1948

    Adapted from his infamous, once-banned 1938 play, Jean Cocteau’s unsung masterwork fuses farce, social satire, and tragedy to paint a perverse picture of familial dysfunction. Reprising his stage role, muse Jean Marais cuts an indelible figure as a young man wilting under maternal possessiveness.

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