Orphee, Paperback Book, By: Jean Cocteau

History has spanned the centuries. Orpheus lost Eurydice, bitten by a snake. To bring her back to earth, he does not hesitate to face all the perils of hell. There is only one condition: during this slow ascent to the world of the living, he must not turn around or look at the beloved. Alas! Cocteau relaunches the myth. Among his characters, which is the most spellbinding? This Orpheus, in love with his death who comes and goes through mirrors? The princess who breaks the laws of the afterlife for the love of the poet? Heurtebise, the messenger, who appears and disappears at will? Eurydice? The Untouchable, the Invisible, the Shadow? In a surreal setting where the living and the dead come together, Cocteau's film extends the mystery even further.