Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths

Name: Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
Director: Noël Simsolo
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1997-02-22
Duration: 1 h 2 min
Cast: Jean Cocteau, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Marais, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Henri Alekan

1997

1h 2m

Documentary

Director: Noël Simsolo

Writer: Noël Simsolo

Overview

This documentary consists mainly of archive interviews of Jean Cocteau, and it features interesting contributions by Jean Marais and especially Jean-Luc Godard, who discusses Cocteau's foray into cinema. The film documents all the artistic media explored by a man who defined himself, first and foremost, as a poet.