Opium (2013)
Directed by Arielle Dombasle

Comedy / Drama / Musical

Film Synopsis

At the start of the 1920s, France's leading poet Jean Cocteau had fallen hopelessly in love with a promising new writer, Raymond Radiguet.  It was not to be a happy affair, however, and Radiguet's premature death at the age of 20 was to have a profound effect on Cocteau, who sought refuge in opium...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Arielle Dombasle
  • Script: Arielle Dombasle, Philippe Eveno, François Margolin, Patrick Mimouni, Jean Cocteau (dialogue)
  • Cinematographer: Léo Hinstin
  • Music: Philippe Eveno
  • Cast: Grégoire Colin (Jean Cocteau), Samuel Mercer (Raymond Radiguet), Arielle Dombasle (Mnémosyne), Niels Schneider (Maurice Sachs), Hélène Fillières (Marie-Laure de Noailles), Marisa Berenson (Marquise Casati), Julie Depardieu (Nyx), Anna Sigalevitch (Princesse Polignac), Philippe Katerine (Nijinski), Audrey Marnay (Coco Chanel), Elodie Navarre (La gitane), Valérie Donzelli (Valentine Hugo), Jérémie Elkaïm (Etienne de Beaumont), Patrick Mille (Paul Morand), Elie Top (Gabriele d'Annunzio), Ali Mahdavi (Auric), Catherine Baba (La tenancière de la fumerie d'opium), Farida Khelfa (Yvette), Ariel Wizman (Tristan Tzara), Virgile Bramly (Man Ray)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 77 min

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