Parents Terribles
A farce with teeth...that, while stagebound, is alive at every moment to the possibilities of the screen.
Les Parents Terribles
Cohen Film Collection is proud to present the 70th anniversary release of this rediscovered masterpiece by one of French cinema's giants, Jean Cocteau, in a new 2K restoration. In this heartbreaking drama based on Cocteau's highly successful stage play, a mother (Josette Day) smothers her grown son with love as if he were a small child. When the son (played by Cocteau regular Jean Marais) meets a girl and leaves the family circle, the mother flies into a rage. But when the boy tells his father, it sets off another drama - she is none other than the girl the father has been secretly seeing. Tragedy strikes in this time-honored tale of fledglings leaving the family nest.
In French with English subtitles.
In French with English subtitles.
Genre
French Cinema,
Drama,
Auteur Cinema
Runtime
105
Language
French
Director
Jean Cocteau
Writer(s)
Jean Cocteau
Cast
Jean Marais,
Josette Day,
Yvonne de Bray,
Gabrielle Dorziat
FEATURED REVIEW
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
Making mother-son jealousy into a matter of life and death, Jean Cocteau's 'The Storm Within' ('Les Parents Terribles') stars a man-child (Jean Marais) who dotes on his mother but is ready to leave her to marry a surprisingly unsuitable woman. An adaptation of Cocteau's play, the picture was made ...
Played at
Royal 7.13.18 - 7.19.18
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