Adaptation of the Jean Cocteau novel directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. Elisabeth (Nicole St�phane) and Paul (Edouard Dhermitte) are a brother and sister who live together in a single room. The siblings are unusually close, and develop an unhealthy obsession with each other which takes a tragic turn when outsiders intrude on their closeted existence.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Producer: Jean-Pierre Melville
Writer: Jean Cocteau
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Music: Antonio Vivaldi
Narrator: Jean Cocteau
Actor: Nicole Stéphane
Actor: Edouard Dhermitte
Actor: Renée Cosima
Actor: Jacques Bernard
Actor: Melvyn Martin
Cinematographer: Henri Decaë