La Villa Santo-Sospir (1952)

Name: La Villa Santo-Sospir
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1952-12-05
Rating: 5

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36m

Running Time

Plot.

Cocteau takes the viewer on a tour of a friend's villa on the French coast (a major location used in Testament of Orpheus). 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 as well. Most cover mythological themes, of course. He also proudly shows paintings by Edouard Dermithe and Jean Marais and plays around his own home in Villefranche.

Where to Watch.

Subs

Currently La Villa Santo-Sospir is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel

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Cast & Crew.

Jean Cocteau

Self / Director

Frédéric Rossif

Assistant Director

Wladimir Ivanov

Director of Photography

Edouard Dermithe

Self

Media.

Details.

Release Date
December 5, 1952

Status
Released

Running Time
36m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

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Wiki.

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.