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The Blood of a Poet

Movie
1932
55m
French
Fantasy
Told in four episodes, an unnamed artist is transported through a mirror into another dimension, where he travels through various bizarre scenarios. This film is the first part of Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy, which consists of The Blood of a Poet (1932), Orpheus (1950) and Testament of Orpheus (1960).
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7.5
IMDB
The Blood of a Poet (1932) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
81

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Pauline Carton
The child trainer
Jean Desbordes
Louis XV Friend
Lucien Jager
A spectator in a box
Fral Benga
Black Angel
Barbette
A spectator
Jean Cocteau
Bit Part (uncredited)
Directed By: Jean Cocteau
Written By: Jean Cocteau

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Jay Shuai says...
2 years ago
Watched it only for it’s place in film history. Don’t like surrealism, especially homoerotic surrealism. Pretty awful really. Nonsensical and the imagery isn’t that good. Lots of films around this time are far more impressive. 2/10
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