Opium

Story

In the early 1920s, Jean Cocteau fell in love with the writer Raymond Radiguet. Cocteau was 30, Radiguet 10 years younger. It was an unhappy, addictive love affair. When Radiguet died of typhoid in 1923, Cocteau sought solace in opium, plunging from one addiction into another. The film tells this fascinating story as if narrated by Cocteau: associatively, surreally, fantastically. Besides the lovers, the third main character is the music, which as a sounding board reflects a feverish epoch. Opium is a musical based on 14 poems by Cocteau. Screening on 03.10. in attendance of: Arielle Dombasle (Director)

Director

Arielle Dombasle (*1958) is an actor, singer and director. She first rose to fame with her appearance in Éric Rohmer's Pauline at the Beach (1983). Opium is her third film as director.

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