Les Enfants terribles

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Les Enfants terribles is a 1929 novel by French writer Jean Cocteau that portrays the intense, destructive relationship between a brother and sister isolated in their own fantastical world.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptedAs Les Enfants terribles (1950 film) ⓘ
Les Enfants terribles (opera) ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Holy Terrors ⓘ
author Jean Cocteau ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Jean-Pierre Melville ⓘ
filmAdaptationScreenwriter Jean Cocteau ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
novel ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasTranslation English ⓘ
literaryMovement Surrealism ⓘ
mainCharacter Elisabeth ⓘ
Paul ⓘ
narrativeFocus intense sibling relationship ⓘ
notableFor blend of realism and fantasy ⓘ
portrayal of destructive sibling bond ⓘ
operaComposer Philip Glass ⓘ
operaPremiereYear 1996 ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Jean Cocteau bibliography ⓘ
publicationDate 1929 ⓘ
setting Paris ⓘ
theme fantasy versus reality ⓘ
incestuous desire ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
obsession ⓘ
self-destruction ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory interwar period ⓘ

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Jean Cocteau → notableWork → Les Enfants terribles ⓘ
Jean-Pierre Melville → notableWork → Les Enfants terribles ⓘ
Jean-Pierre Melville → directed → Les Enfants terribles ⓘ
Jean Marais → notableWork → Les Parents terribles (Cocteau collaboration) ⓘ
linked to: Les Enfants terribles
Jean Cocteau → notableWork → Les Enfants terribles ⓘ
subject linked to: Cocteau
Les Enfants terribles → adaptedAs → Les Enfants terribles (1950 film) ⓘ
linked to: Les Enfants terribles
Nicole Berger → notableWork → Les Enfants terribles ⓘ