Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- paris
- france
- mythology
- poet
- greek mythology
- romantic poet
- orpheus
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Henri Crémieux — Editor
- Juliette Gréco — Aglaonice
- Roger Blin — The Poet
- Édouard Dermithe — Jacques Cégeste
- André Carnège — Judge
- René Worms — Judge
- Raymond Faure — Journalist
- Pierre Bertin — Commissioner
- Jacques Varennes — Judge
- Paul Amiot — Judge (uncredited)
- Philippe Bordier — Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
- Directed
- Jean Cocteau
- Written
- Jean Cocteau
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 298 ratings
- Studio
- Films du Palais Royal, Andre Paulve Film
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
