Les Enfants Terrible

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Les Enfants Terrible ★★★ The Strange Ones 1950

The classic, lyrical treatment of adolescent deviance adapted by Cocteau from his own play, wherein a brother and sister born into extreme wealth eventually enter into casual crime, self-destruction, and incest. In French with English subtitles. 105m/B VHS . FR Edouard Dermithe, Nicole Stephane; D: Jean-Pierre Melville; W: Jean Cocteau, Jean-Pierre Melville.