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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 ...
- France
- 1952
- French
- Jean Cocteau
The film is a room by room viewing of the villa--a place that Cocteau decorated in the early 1950s. According to Wikipedia, Pablo Picasso also decorated a small portion of the house--though who did what isn't discussed in the film. You can see that Cocteau's art is heavily influenced by his friends Picasso, Chagall and Matisse (and vice-versa).
May 13, 2018 · If you would like to hear the voice of Jean Cocteau, go to the Quintessence site and watch the short video, La Villa Santo Sospir, directed by Cocteau; there are scenes of him working and of the villa with music of Vivaldi and J.S. Bach playing in the background. To learn more about the villa, call +33-4-93-76-00-16 or visit villasantosospir.fr.
Original Title: La Villa Santo-Sospir Year of Release: 1952 Genres: Documentary Director: Jean Cocteau Writer: Jean Cocteau Main Cast: Jean Cocteau. Pleasant, relaxing, and charming. La Villa Santo-Sospir is Cocteau's self-proclaimed amateur home movie, a tour of his gorgeous villa and the various pieces of art that adorn it. Cocteau walks you ...
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Aug 13, 2018 · As Cocteau explains in La Villa Santo Sospir, a 35-minute montage film he made of the house in 1952, these were not frescoes but “tattoos.” Indeed, most of them are simple outlines, rendered ...
Media. No videos, backdrops or posters have been added to La Villa Santo-Sospir. 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.
