La Villa Santo-Sospir (1952)
- Directed by
- Jean Cocteau
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 36 min
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Jean Cocteau gives a tour of a seaside villa decorated with his own artwork and pieces by Picasso and others. He shows paintings with mythological themes and spends time with friends in the house.
amateurintimateplayfulreflectivevisualpersonalart-filledleisurely
What happens
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), and we are given an extensive tour of the artwork. Cocteau also shows us several dozen paintings, most of which cover mythological themes. He also proudly shows paintings by Edouard Dermit and Jean Marais and plays around his own home in Villefranche. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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