Orpheus
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9/29/1950Runtime
95 minsOverview
A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.
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A poet's romantic obsession draws him across the boundary between life and death in this lyrical, mythologically-grounded fantasy. It's a melancholic meditation on desire, artistic passion, and the price of immortal love.
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