Jean Cocteau & Roger Corbeau - Orphée - 1950

Orphée
Jean Cocteau & Roger Corbeau
Paris, La Parade, 1950
115 pages. Complete
In12 (12x18cm)

Beautiful original edition of this work, the complete script of Orphée, including the synopsis, the dialogues, and 16 beautiful plates (out-of-text) by Roger Corbeau.

Inspired by the antique myth of Orpheus, the film threads the theme of the hero’s relationship with death.
The film takes place in an undetermined era, in neutral contemporary settings with fantastical sequences.

Bound, with a soft cover, lightly embossed, illustrated on both boards.

very beautiful copy, very well preserved, solid, clean, without foxing, beautiful, plump and silky paper with inlay.